Ok so this chapter deals with the aftermath of the text message Elena got. There's some drama, but it's going to get a lot worse later on. Enjoy and review!

Chapter 11

DPOV

It was Sunday night and I was about ready to go to sleep. I had actually done all of my homework in an attempt to prevent myself from being held back again. I'd rather hit the books than be here any longer than I have to be. I grabbed my phone to plug it into the charger for the night when I realized I had 12 missed calls from Elena. I quickly picked up the phone to call her and she answered after one ring.

"Hello," she said in a panic," Damon is that you?"

"Yeah Elena what's going on," I asked", are you ok?"

"No I'm not ok Damon," she cried," you need to come over please something happened. I can't explain it over the phone just come."

"Ok I'll be there," I said worried," I'm leaving right now." I ran down the stairs and out to my Camaro and sped off to Elena's house. I got there in record time and she was already on the porch when I got there.

"Hey," I said," what's going on with you?" She grabbed my hand and led me upstairs to her bedroom. It looked just like I figured it would. It was clean and nice, and filled with photos of her with her family and friends. Her bed was perfectly made and had a little teddy bear on it. I made myself comfortable and laid down grabbing the teddy bear and resting it on my stomach. She sat down next to me and handed me her phone.

"Go look at my most recent text," she said," it's a photo." I opened her phone and clicked on her messages. I saw a text from an unknown number and opened it to look at the picture. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Someone had taken a photo of me and Elena kissing.

"Holy shit," I said," did you get this tonight?"

"Yeah," she said," I don't even know who it's from." I had a feeling I knew who it was from. I pulled out my phone and went into my contacts. No surprise; this is Katherine's number.

"Elena," I said," I know who this is, and there's something that happened that day that I didn't tell you about."

"What," she asked," what are you talking about?"

"Katherine saw us kiss that day," I said," she confronted me about it after you ran off. I saw her at a party on Friday and she threatened to tell everyone, but I had no idea she had taken a picture. I figured nobody would believe her because she didn't have any proof. I didn't tell you because I didn't want to upset you. You've been through enough this year without knowing Katherine saw you kiss your boyfriend's brother."

"I can't believe this," she said as tears started streaming down her face," I mean everyone is going to hate me. What if she already sent it to people?"

"If she had sent it out we would've heard from someone about it," I said," Stefan would've already tried to kick my ass."

"Probably," she said laughing through her tears. I couldn't stand to see her cry.

"Hey," I said," come here." She leaned into me and I wrapped my arms around her. She was crying harder now and I felt terrible, I just wanted to take her pain away. I can't believe I feel this strongly about Elena Gilbert. Exactly 2 weeks ago I couldn't stand the girl, yet now here I am, lying in her bed with my arms wrapped around her. I, Damon Salvatore, am cuddling, and I'm enjoying it. She finally started to calm down and from her shallow breathing I realized she had fallen asleep, not long after I was out too.

EPOV

The sunlight was streaming in through my window and it slowly pulled me out of my slumber. I felt two large arms wrapped around me, and then I remembered what happened last night; the picture from Katherine, and falling asleep in Damon's arms. I know I probably should've gotten up and out of his grasp, but I didn't want to move. I felt safe in his arms, safer than I had felt in a long time. He started to stir and I looked up and watched as he opened his perfect blue eyes.

"Morning beautiful," he said as he did that eye thing again.

I got up and checked my alarm clock to see what time it was.

"Oh my god it's 9 o'clock," I shouted," we're late for school."

"What," he said as he sat up in bed," did we sleep through the alarm?"

"I don't know, but we need to get to school," I said as I got up to get dressed," I don't get why Jeremy didn't wake me up, I usually drive him to school."

"I'll go check and see what he's doing," he said," you get dressed and then I'll drive us to school." I quickly put on a pair of skinny jeans with boots and a t-shirt. I threw my hair up in a ponytail and dabbed on a little makeup. I grabbed my bag for school when Damon came in.

"Jeremy is sick with the flu," Damon said," he told me he sent you a text message." I quickly picked up my phone and saw the text.

"Ok fine," I said," but we should get going, we already missed physics and I'm going to miss half of my trig class." We ran down the stairs, hopped into Damon's Camaro, and sped off to school. He pulled into the parking lot and as we walked through the front door we ran into the last person either of us wanted to see.

"Well isn't this cute," Katherine said smugly," the new Mystic Falls power couple getting to school late after what looks like a really long night." She raised her eyebrows at us. I couldn't believe this was happening.

"You can think whatever you want," I said," but this is none of your business. You had no right to take that picture. What the hell is wrong with you?"

"You didn't mention that you were stalking me Katherine," Damon said," you're taking secret pictures of me honestly you're a desperate pathetic little slut."

"Oh please," she said," you two have a nice little arrangement going on here, anyone with eyes can see it. Damon is calling me a slut, which is funny considering he's fucking his brother's girlfriend. Doesn't get much sluttier then that."

"Go ahead and send the picture Katherine," Damon said," but I can guarantee that you'll live to regret it. Let's go Elena" He grabbed my hand and led me away. We got further into the school and down the hall when I stopped us.

"Damon do you really think she'd do it," I asked," I mean she doesn't have much of a conscience."

"I think she's definitely capable of it," he said," but she's also a coward. I guess we should probably be prepared for the worst."

"Maybe I should just tell Stefan about it," I said," I mean that would be better than him finding out from her."

"Look Elena," he said," I support whatever it is you want to do, but honestly I'm pretty sure she wont actually send it. She's still into me and she knows I'd hate her even more if she sent the picture out. She also knows that there would be consequences for her too if she sent it out."

"Ok," I said," well I better get to class. Thanks for everything you've done for me Damon." I gave him a hug and he held me close to him. When we pulled away I immediately missed the contact. We walked our separate ways and went to class, but we both knew this problem wasn't even remotely close to being over.