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Chapter 26

Elena awoke to an empty bed. She sat up and looked around. She was in Damon's room. She remembered everything from last night. She didn't feel bad about what happened just confused. She still hadn't known where Elijah had disappeared too and she had every intention of finding out. She was shaken out of her thoughts when she heard the shower in the connecting bathroom shut off. Suddenly Damon appeared wet and in nothing more than a towel. Elena couldn't help but admire the view, who wouldn't? When Damon saw Elena looking he grinned and flashed her a smoldering gaze. Elena couldn't help the giggle that came out next.

"Seriously? I was going for brooding sexy man" Damon pouted.

That sent Elena into even more giggles. Damon stood and watched her laugh. Suddenly he grinned and met her eyes. He quickly grabbed his towel and dropped it to the floor. Elena quickly stopped her laughing and covered her eyes in embarrassment.

"Don't cover your eyes, enjoy the view" Damon chuckled.

"Damon put some clothes on please" Elena asked as she moved her feet to the floor.

"Geez you're a mood killer" he teased but Elena heard him move to the closet.

She waited a few more minutes before she heard Damon tell her she could look. She reluctantly moved her hands. Damon stood wearing a pair of dark denim jeans and nothing else. Elena met his eyes and smiled sweetly at him.

"Thanks for everything last night Damon; I better go get a shower and try to find out where Elijah is" she said as she stood and moved to the door.

Suddenly Damon was standing in front of her. She gasped in shock.

"You could stay" he whispered to her.

Elena met his eyes and touched his cheek softly.

"Damon I can't, I'm sorry" Elena said to him.

"I'll be waiting for you" he said and pressed his lips to hers.

Elena stood still but in a small way she kissed him back. She was going to make a mess of everything she knew it. She pulled away and Damon opened the door for her. Elena nodded to him and walked into the hallway. She walked slowly to her room. The hallway was empty and so wasn't Elena. She finally reached her door and opened it. The room was empty. She sighed and went to grab her things for a hot shower. The shower pressure felt amazing as she washed her hair. She was applying conditioner when she heard the shower door open. She turned to see Elijah standing before her completely naked. Elena's eyes trailed over the perfectly chiseled body. She finally brought her eyes to his.

"Like what you see?" he asked grinning at her.

Her throat went dry. Boy did she like what she saw. Elijah took the silence as an invitation. He grabbed Elena and pulled her into his strong arms. He kissed her under the spray of the water. Elena slid her hands up to his chest and around his neck hugging her naked body closer to him. She knew she needed to talk to him but at the moment she didn't care about where he was last night just that he was holding her tightly in his arms and he was all she needed. Elijah slid his arms around to Elena's waist and picked her up pressing her body against the stone wall. His lips found hers as he slid his other hand up to cup her breasts. Elena leaned into his hands as they teased and tormented her. Elijah slid his lips down her jaw to her waiting throat. Elena tilted her head to the side as she felt Elijah's fangs scrape against her skin. She tensed for a moment before she felt his fangs slip into her skin drinking slowly from her. She gripped his shoulders as he took what he wanted. Elijah never took more than he needed. She trusted him on that. Elijah pulled away briefly and met Elena's eyes. Suddenly Elena saw a flash of something that wasn't Elijah. He sat her on her feet and backed away from Elena. He opened the shower door and slammed it behind him. It rattled under the pressure. Elena looked confused but she shut the water off and grabbed a towel wrapping it tightly around her and followed Elijah into the bedroom. She saw him staring at the bed. She swallowed the lump in her throat and moved to him. She lifted her hand to touch his shoulder. She suddenly found herself against the wall pinned by Elijah. His face was nothing like she had ever seen before. Elena was actually scared of Elijah.

"Elijah what's wrong" Elena asked him in a whisper.

"You now intend to play dumb?" he snapped at her.

She could see the anger in his face and then it suddenly hit her. Elijah and taken her blood and he had seen her with Damon and what they had done. Shit!

"Elijah I can explain" Elena said trying to calm him.

"I would love to hear how you intend to explain what happened with Damon" he growled.

Elena was really panicking now. This part of Elijah Elena had never seen and it scared her more than anything in the world.

"Wait a second, Where were you last night?" Elena countered.

Elijah stiffened at her words.

"This is not about me Elena. Why were you almost having sex with Damon" he said again louder.

"I didn't almost have sex with him Elijah. I wouldn't" she snapped back.

"Then how do you explain how you were topless and in his lap, let alone you slept in his arms" he countered back.

"I was scared Elijah. I had a horrible nightmare about your crazy ex who tried to kill me by the way and I wanted you but you weren't even here. Damon was the only one close enough. I don't have to explain my reason for wanting someone to protect me" Elena snapped as she found herself pushing away from Elijah and moving to the bed to grab some clothes.

Elena turned to find Elijah was in her face again.

"You are mine Elena. I don't share" Elijah growled.

"Where in the hell were you Elijah?" Elena snapped again.

"I was with Andrea" Elijah said in anger.

"You slept with her?" Elena asked as the tears filled her eyes.

"I…" Elijah started but stopped cold when he saw Elena pull away from him.

Elena moved past him to the bathroom with her clothes and shut the door behind her. He stood frozen. He didn't sleep with Andrea and Elena had to believe that, but how was he going to deal with what Elena did. She didn't sleep with Damon in a sense but he was still so angry. He knew he had frightened Elena and he felt bad for that, but he wasn't going to lose her to Damon he wouldn't. He quickly threw on some clothes and went in search of Damon Salvatore.

Elena emerged from the bathroom in jeans and a t-shirt. She piled her hair into a ponytail and slipped on some black boots. She was getting hungry and decided to go to the kitchen for breakfast. She opened the door and then heard a loud crash coming from Damon's room. Elena ran to his room and found Damon lying on the floor against his bed bleeding. She was about to go to him when she saw Elijah grab him by the neck and flipped him with a flick of his wrist to the wall. Damon hit a portrait and it fell to the ground glass shattering around him. Elena moved fast and knelt by Damon's side as she touched his face. She quickly looked to Elijah. His eyes were as black as night and the hate was so clear on his face. He met Elena's eyes and froze. Elena's eyes filled with tears that spilled on to her cheeks.

"Elena I…." Elijah said as he took a step to Elena. She snapped her head at him.

"Don't Elijah, go to Andrea" she snapped her eyes cold.

"I didn't sleep with Andrea Elena" Elijah said in a whisper.

"What?" Elena asked him shocked.

"I didn't sleep with her. I went to see her about Klaus" he said and moved to the door.

Elena didn't know what to say to him, she probably ruined everything with him because of what she had done with Damon. Elena looked at Damon and then to Elijah. Elijah bowed his head to Elena and left the room. Elena turned her attention to Damon.

"Damon I'm so sorry" Elena sobbed.

"Elena its fine, look I'm healed" he said as he winced sitting up.

"Liar" Elena chuckled.

"Elena, I can't stand to see you crying. You love him I get it. Maybe in another lifetime huh" he said as he touched her cheek. Elena blinked and nodded.

"Go before its gone" Damon said softly to her.

"Damon you're too good of a man" Elena whispered and she knelt down and placed a kiss on Damon's lips softly.

"Don't tell anyone" he teased.

"Never" she whispered and climbed to her feet.

She quickly looked back at Damon and then ran to her room. She flung the door open and found Elijah sitting on the bed his head in his hands. Elijah lifted his head to look at Elena. She let the tears fall as she moved to him. She knelt in front of him and touched his cheek.

"I'm so sorry Elijah" Elena whispered as tears fell faster now.

"Oh god Elena, I'm sorry you had to see me like that. I didn't want you to ever know that part of me was real" he whispered as he fell to his knees beside Elena. He took her quickly into his arms as she buried her head into his neck and cried.

"I don't love Damon. I love you, it's always going to be you" Elena said as she lifted her face to his.

Elijah crushed his lips to hers as he braided his hands into her hair and pulled closer. After a breathless moment Elijah pulled away and rested his forehead on Elena's.

"Never again Elena, I love you" he said his voice rough with desire.

"Never again" Elena whispered as she pulled Elijah's face to hers again as their backs fell to the floor.