Damon and Elena got back to the lakehouse and Damon walked straight into Jeremy's room without knocking and knocked off Jeremy's headphones.
"Dude! What the hell?!" Jeremy said reaching back for his headphones.
"Pack your stuff, were leaving"
"what? why?" Jeremy got up.
"No time to explain, we'll explain later, now pack your shit and lets go" Damon turned around to leave.
"wh-what?"
Damon turned back around "what do you mean 'what'? What part of, 'were leaving' was too hard to understand"
Elena came back upstairs. "Damon!"
Jeremy rolled his eyes "fine whatever"
"good, Ill meet you downstairs but we need to move fast." Damon left and went to his and Elena's room and packed their things.
Elena sighed "Look, I guess we need to get away from Klaus and Stefan. Damon thinks that Stefan might kill us."
Jeremy's eyes widened. His hunter predator started to kick in. The thought of any vampire touching his sister to harm her made him angry. He quickly snapped out of it and came back to reality when Elena touched his arm.
"Jer are you ok?"
"yeah, Im fine...Im gonna start packing I guess"
Elena nodded and left to go to her room. She saw Damon throwing stuff into the suitcase. She sighed.
"What Elena?"
"Nothing, I was just about to ask if you wanted me to help you but it seems like you don't need any"
Damon stopped and sighed. He turned to face Elena "Elena, Im fine"
Elena shook her head "No, your not, Damon...look, I get that your mad about what happened, but were all fine. The three of us are alive, isn't that what counts?"
"Yeah, well what if you weren't alive? What if I didn't have the strength to stop my brother from ripping out your heart?! What if I couldn't do anything except watch as my brother tore the girl that I love's heart out?!...yes, Im glad were alive, but that doesn't change the fact that you could be dead right now!" Damon showed no emotion in his face. He turned back around and continued packing violently.
"Damon, don't do this! Don't shut me out!" Elena walked up to him and wrapped her arms around his waist.
Damon ignored her and continued packing.
"Damon, look at me" Elena let go of him.
Damon sighed and looked at her.
She smiled and cupped his face, running her thumb over his bottom lip. "I understand why your upset, but why are you thinking about what could have happened instead of what did happen?...you saved my life Damon, thats what happened..."
Damon interrupted her. "Elena, thats not the point, the point is that I could have lost you tonight...you have no idea what would happen to me if I lost you, if I never saw you again, if I could never see your smile again..."
Elena sighed "Damon...I promise you, I will never, leave you"
Damon sighed in relief and wrapped his arms around Elena's waist pulling her closer. She buried her face in his chest and wrapped her arms around his neck as he buried his face in her hair.
"Hey guys I finished...whoa!"
Elena turned around and saw Jeremy standing at the doorway.
"um...I..I finished packing, Ill be downstairs" Jeremy turned and left trying to shake away the image of Elena and Damon.
Elena looked at the suitcases "is that everything?"
Damon let go of her "yep" he zipped up the suitcases and they carried them downstairs. Damon loaded them all into the car. Jeremy got in the back seat and Damon opened Elena's door so she could get in. Once Damon was in his seat, he drove off from the boarding house.
...
Stefan and Vaughn were in the Salvatore boarding house. Vaughn was showing Stefan all these weapons and how they worked.
Caroline didn't call Stefan to tell him she was coming by to give him his new daylight ring. She got out of her car and stopped when she heard talking.
She listened really closely and heard:
S "so, we will go after them tomorrow?"
V "Thats the plan. We will take out your brother first since he is stronger, than take out the girl"
S "Make Damon's death slow and painful"
V "Will do"
Caroline's eyes widened in shock. She turned back around and quickly got into her car and drove off. She took out her phone and called Elena.
E "Hey Car"
C "ELENA! Where are you?!"
E "Damon, Jeremy, and I are going for a...drive. Why? whats wrong"
C "I overheard Stefan talking to someone. He and this person are planing on killing you and Damon"
E "Did you hear him explain why?"
C "No, he said he is going to make Damon's death slow and painful and than you are next"
E "oh my god"
C "Elena...just...please be careful, Ok? Don't come back here and don't call or text"
E "Ok, I won't"
C "bye"
E "bye"
...
Elena hung up the phone and sighed. "DId you hear-"
"yup" Damon said. His hands gripping the steering wheel.
"whats happening?" Jeremy said.
Elena turned around "Ill tell you later, ok?"
Jeremy nodded and Elena turned back around to look at Damon who wasn't taking his eyes off the road to look at her.
Elena turned to look at the road. The rest of the ride was silent until Elena's phone buzzed. She looked down at the caller ID and didn't recognize the number. She went to answer it but Damon snatched the phone away.
"Damon, give me back my phone"
"No! For all we know Stefan can be using someone else's phone so he can trace us"
Elena sighed. Damon looked down at the phone and saw the missed call screen pop up. He handed it back to Elena.
Elena looked at it and saw that she had a new voicemail. She went to listen to it.
S "Hello Elena, look, I think we should start over, I realized what I did was wrong and I want to apologize in person. If you don't want to, thats fine, however, I think Matt here might say otherwise"
Elena's eyes widened in horror. She continued to listen.
S "Matt come say hi"
M "Elena, don't listen to him! Don't come-"
S "So, you can either come back to Mystic Falls and here me apologize or I will kill Matt...its your choice"
That was the end of the message. Elena slowly took the phone from her ear and started shaking. "Damon-"
"Elena, you know we can't, he is bluffing. Its what he does, he is only using Matt to get to you, wants he has you, he might kill you"
"Damon, Matt is my friend. I can't just leave him there"
"Wait! Whats going on" Jeremy said.
"Stefan has Matt and if I don't come back and let him apologize to me, than...he will kill Matt"
Jeremy looked at her in horror, he turned to Damon "Dude, you have to go back"
Damon pulled over to the side of the road and hit his steering wheel making Elena and Jeremy flinch.
Damon got out of the car and pulled out his cell phone. Elena watched as he called someone.
Elena decided not to listen to it. She turned to Jeremy "Nobody is going to hurt Matt"
Jeremy turned away from her.
Damon came back into the car and just sat there. "Do you really want to go back? You want to go and get yourself killed?"
"Damon, Im not going to let Matt die for me"
Damon let out a frustrated sigh "Elena, did you not just hear my speech earlier?"
"Yes, Damon I did, and I told you, that I would never leave you again."
"Fine, but lets be clear about one thing. If it comes down to me saving you or Matt, I will gladly let Matt die!"
Damon started the car and turned around to head back to Mystic Falls.
...
Stefan walked over to Vaughn. He was watching him with fiddle with his little traps.
Caroline walked in "hey Stefan, I got-" she looked over at Matt. "Stefan, what are you doing?"
"Im sorry Caroline, but the only way for Elena to come back is for me to put someone that she loves in danger"
"Are you hearing yourself right now?" Caroline walked over to Matt.
"yes, I am. I told you, Im not going to stop until I get Elena back"
"I can't believe Im about to say this" Caroline mumbled. "Stefan, Elena does not love you anymore, she loves Damon. He makes her happy, and as long as she is happy, Im fine. Even if its Damon that does it"
Stefan laughed "Oh, so your team Damon now?"
"OH MY GOD! I have to go rinse my mouth out with soap after saying something nice about Damon! I would never be team Damon!...now let Matt go"
Stefan looked at Matt "sorry Caroline, can't do that."
Stefan turned around and Caroline quickly united Matt. "RUN MATT!"
Matt made a run for the door when Stefan sped in front of him. Caroline ran and pushed Stefan down the hall. Matt took Caroline's keys and drove away.
"Well, I guess Im going to have to use you now"
Vaughn shot some bullets at Caroline. Caroline fell to the ground. Stefan pinned Caroline down, took out a stake and held it up.
"WAIT! STOP!"
Stefan looked at the door and saw Elena standing there. He got up and smiled "Wheres Damon?"
"I told him I wanted to come alone, he wouldn't listen so, I vervained him"
Stefan laughed "well, he is going to be pissed at you"
"Let Caroline go"
Stefan shrugged "as you wished" He helped Caroline up and Caroline walked over to Elena. "Elena, what are you doing? He wants to kill you?!"
Elena didn't say anything, she didn't need to. Caroline knew.
Caroline started crying, but wouldn't leave. "Caroline, please..." before she could say anything else, Stefan came and snapped Caroline's neck. "There, now she won't bother us, please come inside. Before the sun comes up"
Elena walked inside and Stefan followed with her. "So, let me hear your apology" Elena crossed her arms.
"Look, Im sorry that I tried to kill you, I guess I was just jealous...Im sorry Elena"
"Wait a second, I thought we were suppose to kill her and your brother" Vaughn said. Loading his gun.
"We were, but I changed my mind"
Stefan pulled out a stake and tried to kill Elena.
Elena stopped him and pinned him to the ground.
"Wh-what...how are you stronger than me?"
Elena smirked. Stefan sighed "Katherine"
"Hello, lover, did you miss me?" Katherine took the stake out of Stefan's hand and leaned down to kiss him.
...
"Damon how much longer till we get there?" Elena said.
"half hour, and your not going"
"Damon..."
"Elena, Stefan already thinks your there"
Elena looked confused, but than it all clicked "Katherine"
"Yep...I called her, and she said she would help" Damon smirked.
ELena looked in the back seat, Jeremy was still sleeping then she looked back at Damon. "Damon, she wouldn't help without something in return"
"you are correct, and she got it. She wants the hunter"
"Vaughn?...why?"
Damon shrugged "I don't know, does it matter? Your safe, Vaughn will be gone, and we will deal with Stefan" He turned and smiled at her.
Elena sighed, "Yea your right"
...
"What are you doing here Katherine?"
"Oh thats right, I almost forgot" Katherine stood up and looked at Vaughn who was putting a stake in his crossbow.
She came right in front of him and took it away then she knocked him out and carried him out the front door.
Stefan went to go after her but she was gone.
...
Damon and Elena arrived at the boarding house after dropping Jeremy off and found Stefan sitting on the couch staring at the fire.
Elena and Damon took their bags to Damon's room and Elena jumped on the bed and sighed. "Im exhausted"
Damon laid down next to her "you want to get some sleep?"
Elena nodded and got up and got undressed to change into her pajamas.
Damon put his hands behind his head and watched as Elena bent down to get her pajamas out.
"Elena, are you trying to tease me"
Elena turned and smiled at Damon "nope" as she grabbed one of his shirts and put it on, buttoning it half way.
She came back on the bed wearing her panties and his shirt. Damon turned to lay on his side to stare at her.
"Jeremy's tattoo is almost finished, you will be human before you know it" he said smiling at her.
Elena half smiled but than frowned making Damon frown to "whats wrong?"
Elena sighed "nothing, I was just...Ive been thinking about becoming human again and if I want to...if I become human, I won't be able to spend eternity with you...and I love you so much that I want to be with you forever"
Damon smiled and pulled her closer to him "you don't have to become human again if you don't want to. If you want to spend the rest of eternity with me, you can. To be honest, I've always wanted that and I still do, because I love you to, more than anything and the thought of loosing you, just makes me want to shut everything and everyone out"
Elena turned up and looked at him and kissed him. He saw she was getting tired, so he pulled the covers up over her and kissed her forehead. "you should get some sleep"
Elena nodded and cuddled up closer to him. "Goodnight Damon, I love you"
"I love you to, Elena"
...
After eavesdropping on the conversation in Damon's bedroom, set Stefan over the edge. The fact that she never wanted to turn for him but wants to stay a vampire so she can be with Damon forever made him sick.
He left the house and went out into the woods. He found a group of people camping. He waited for one of them to leave the group.
Finally one of the girls did, so he followed her and compelled her not to scream. Then, he killed her with an evil grin on his face.