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Chapter 14- Losing You & It's Effortless

Stefan's P.O.V.

"I cannot believe you would lie to me, especially after you gave me so much shit about going to visit Katherine." I said to Elena in disappointment. I was so mad; I couldn't even bring myself to look at her after she told me everything that had happened. "I don't know what makes me angrier you lying to me, or Damon being right about your lying and saving you."

"Stefan, I just wanted to protect both of you and make my own decisions for once. I am glad that you trusted me and didn't come looking for me, but don't blame Damon for doing what he did." Elena said trying to get me to understand.

"Why would you be worried if I blamed Damon?" I asked with a confused look on my face. "Elena he didn't call to notify me that you were in trouble, you are my girlfriend and I should have been the one to save you, not him." I said, trying to convince her that I had a right to be mad at Damon. "I try to respect you by trusting and agreeing with you, unlike him."

"Why are you making this about Damon, this is about me and you." Elena said. I could see her unhappiness building up. "Things are not right between us and I feel that…"

"We're drifting apart." I finished her sentence, knowing what she was about to say. "Things have been rough for us lately, and we are losing our trust in one another." I said as tears started to build up in my eyes. "But that is not the only thing that is drifting us apart, and I think I have known that for a while now."

"Stefan, I…" Elena was trying to respond to what I was saying until I cut her off.

I said to her with understanding, "I know just admit it. Admit it to me, Elena. I know you don't owe it to me, but I just need to hear you say it."
"I can't. Because it's not true, Stefan... I never stopped loving you." Elena said, thinking that was what I was talking about.
"I know that. I know you didn't. Even though I did everything possible to push you away. I have never been there to save you like he has. He has never lied to you about anything, and you're happier when you're with him. It's my fault." I turned around with my back facing her because it hurt me too much to admit it.
"What are you talking about?" Elena asked trying to play dumb.
I turned around to face her and said, "I'm talking about the fact that you are in love with Damon." Elena was speechless, I could see that she felt awkward and wasn't sure what to say to me. Before she could get out a response I said, "I love you. I will always love you. I just want you to look me in the eye and tell me that you don't feel something for him." I grabbed her face and looked deep into her eyes.

"Something has changed between Damon and me, but I don't know what I feel." Elena said to me flabbergasted, but I could also sense that she was lying to me straight to my face. I couldn't hold back the pain in my heart that she just lied to me.

I believe that the truth wouldn't have hurt me as much. I looked up at her and said, "I need some time and so do you to figure things out." I said to her right before I left out of her window.

After I left, I couldn't help feeling deceived by both Elena and my brother. I didn't want to speak to either of them, so I decided to go to Caroline's place and crash but first I have to stop by the house and grab some clothes.

Damon's P.O.V.

Rose and I were sitting in the living room drinking bourbon, basically waiting for Stefan to show up and kill me. While we were waiting, Rose was trying to cheer me up as usual.

"I know that she didn't say it today, but I could tell that Elena loves you back. I believe she is doing the right thing by waiting to figure things out before she makes matters worse."

"I know Rose, but I know she will never love me over Stefan." I said as I heard someone drive up the driveway. "I think Stefan is here, I feel it's best if you hide in my room until all of this blows over." I warned Rose.

"Gladly." Rose said, running at unhuman speed up to my room.

Before Stefan walked through the door, I decided to wait right by it to greet him. The door opened and Stefan acted like I was invisible, he didn't even acknowledge my presence.

"Stefan, I believe we need to talk." I said to him as I blocked the staircase so he couldn't go to his room.

"Get out of my way Damon." He said with annoyance, waiting for me to move out of his way.

"No brother, we need to talk about this." I commanded.

"Get the fuck out of my way." He said with a low angry voice, as he tightly grabbed my arm.

"Fine Stefan, be immature about this." I said, while I yanked his hand off of me and stepped out of his way. Stefan rolled his eyes and went upstairs. I stood there pissed off about how childish he was acting about this. I decided that I was going to be the bigger man and own up to my mistakes.

I ran upstairs to Stefan's bedroom and noticed that he had locked the door behind him. I knocked on it and said, "Stefan quit being a dick and open the door." I waited for about two minutes and realized that he wasn't going to open the door, so I decided to knock it down.

"Damon! Stop trying to force yourself into my business, I obviously don't want to talk to you." Stefan shouted angrily. "You have done enough and I don't want to hear anymore lies tonight." He said while he packed some clothes.

"Where the hell are you going?" I asked him concerned.

He answered me with annoyance, "I'm staying at Caroline's for a while; I don't want to be around you or Elena right now. Wait, what am I saying, I don't have to explain anything to you, it's not like you give a shit."

"I do care Stefan; I don't want us to leave things like this tonight." I said with concern.

"If you cared Damon, you would have told me that Elena was in danger and you needed my help saving her. Instead, you decided to go it alone and be her hero." Stefan said, losing his temper by the second.

"I asked you to come with me remember, but instead you decided to hurt my feelings." I said hoping he would remember how wrong he was for treating me the way he did before I left. "Don't you remember me asking you, what if she is lying and in danger? How do you think you will feel when I am the one who saves her, again? Don't you remember what your response was?" I stopped, knowing he remembered how he acted that night when I wanted him to come with me.

"I didn't want to lose her trust; I wanted to respect her wishes." Stefan said, picking up his bag full of clothes and started to walk out of his bedroom.

Still standing in his bedroom I said, "Well look where that got you, Stefan. I guess now we know how you are feeling that I was the one who saved her, again." Suddenly out of nowhere I felt a hard impact hit my face. Stefan had punched me right in the mouth; I knew that I deserved it so I didn't hit him back. I decided that I would let it be and leave him alone.

I heard him get in his car and drive off. I decided to go back in the living room and drink my bourbon straight from the bottle. I heard Rose come up behind me.

"That went quite well." Rose said sarcastically, looking at me drinking from the bottle. "He drove you to drink from the bottle huh?"

"Just trying to drink away the part of the day that I can't sleep away." I said quoting a song lyric.

"Amen to that mate." Rose agreed.

Stefan's P.O.V.

When I got to Caroline's, she answered the door saying, "Stefan, what are you doing here at this hour?

"I was wondering, could I crash here tonight if you don't mind?" I asked her nicely.

"Of course come on in." Caroline said nicely, and then I walked into her house. "It looks like your upset, would you like to talk about it?" she asked me.

"I think I have lost her Caroline, I think I have lost her to Damon." I said as I sat down on her couch.

"WHAT! No way! Damon? Gross! There is no way you have lost her to Damon." Caroline said is disbelief.

"I think I have, she looks at him in a way that I have never seen before. I told her I wanted some time apart so she could figure out her feelings for him." I said, looking at her shocked expression.

"Are you sure that's what you want to do Stefan? I mean giving her this time with him could mean that you might lose her forever." She said with honesty and concern.

"I know I could, but I can't be with her knowing she might be in love with someone else. I just know that I can't take all the lying anymore. Our relationship has been going through a tough time lately and I just feel it is best to keep our distance right now. She disappointed me tonight and I really don't want to be around her or Damon at the moment." I said.

Caroline placed her hand on my shoulder and said, "Well, you can crash here as long as you want. I wouldn't want to be around either of them either."

I smiled at her and said, "Thanks Caroline, you are such a good friend."

"I am always here if you need me." Caroline said.