I Don't Deserve You

Summary: Set in 1x1, 1x2, 1x4, 1x9, and 1x13. Based on the song "I Don't Deserve You."

*Prodigal*

You're the first face that I see

And the last thing I think about

You're the reason that I'm alive

You're what I can't live without

You're what I can't live without

It was a beautiful day, as Clay took Elena to see his family as he'd called them. Secretly though, they were actually werewolves. After she'd met Jeremy though, since he thought that she'd seen him turn back into his human form, Jeremy gave her a drink. Since Clay knew what Jeremy was up to though, he left to go phase and then came back into the living room. In his russet werewolf form, he approached where Elena sat on the couch with the drink, having just had a sip from it.

"Clay," Jeremy warned him, but Clay didn't care.

As Elena went to pet him, thinking he was just a big dog, he sniffed her hand before giving her the bite, but not hard. He was gentle towards her, even when he'd bitten her.

Jeremy pushed Clay back whom then watched from behind him, and Elena stood, feeling woozy.

When Elena woke up, she was in the cage in the basement, though she didn't know exactly where she was. All she knew at the time was that she was in pain, and Jeremy was on the other side of the bars, telling her not to fight the pain. Since she didn't know what was going on, that's what she did. Then, after what felt like hours or more, she felt the pain of bones cracking. Then she felt herself transform into something that, until now, she'd thought were myths. Then, after her full transformation into a werewolf, she became a cream-colored or tan colored, beautiful wolf with blue eyes.

*Vengeance*

You never give up

When I'm falling apart

Your arms are always open wide

And you're quick to forgive

When I make a mistake

You love me in the blink of an eye

I don't deserve your love

But you give it to me anyway

Can't get enough

You're everything I need

It was a beautiful day, as Clay searched around for Elena, hearing the sound of gunshots. He knew it had been a terrible idea to split up like they'd been told to do, but he was always loyal to Jeremy. He was afraid that by splitting up though, that it had put Elena in danger with Leblanc. After all, she'd been the one that had put him in jail before he'd been turned into a mutt, her having testified against him so many years ago.

When he finally found her after sneaking up on Leblanc and killing him, she was behind a car, having not been able to control her phasing while being emotional. Being chased down by Leblanc had made her feel like she was a kid again, trapped with him.

"Elena," he said.

"Clay," she replied.

He gently picked her up and then walked away with her.

*Summons*

And when I walk away

You take off running and come right after me

It's what you do

And I don't deserve you

You're the light inside my eyes

You give me a reason to keep trying

You give me more than I could dream

And you bring me to my knees

You bring me to my knees

Elena left the house at Stonehaven, determined to go find the mutt herself that had left a body in their woods, trying to apparently frame them for it. When she did though, she was stopped by Clay's hand on her arm, knowing all too well that she might try something like this on her own.

"Stop," Clay told her.

"The sooner we find the mutt, the sooner this problem will be over with," Elena said, knowing what he was attempting to do.

"And the sooner you can go back to your life in Toronto, right?" Clay added for her, knowing all too well that that was why she was rushing into things recklessly. She didn't want to be here, because she was possibly afraid of what might happen between her and Clay. That, or she was still angry that he'd bitten her that one day. She didn't know why he'd bitten her, but Clay and Jeremy kept the secret of the reason he'd done it. Clay didn't want her to hate their alpha. He knew in the beginning that she'd needed him.

*Prodigal*

Your heart is gold and how am I the one

That you've chosen to love

I still can't believe that you're right next to me

After all that I've done

I don't deserve your love

But you give it to me anyway

Can't get enough

You're everything I need

And when I walk away

You take off running and come right after me

It's what you do

And I don't deserve you

After having been planning some more on what to do about the mutts, needing to know who was turning the mutts before killing them, she and Clay stood in front of each other at the doorway to the basement, not far from the stairs, having not left the basement yet.

"What was with you last night?" Clay asked her, concerned. "It took you forever to change in the mutt's house."

"Ya. If I had my way, I wouldn't change at all," she replied, reminding him how much she didn't want to be back home.

"Twice in one day was too much," Clay assumed.

She denied that it was, but instead, ranted to him about him petting her when she'd been in wolf form.

"You let me," he reminded her.

"You're lucky you still have your hand," she replied.

Clay put a hand on her arm, standing just inches in front of her, and moved it up her arm, before saying, "I don't want you going on this hunt unless you stay by my side."

"I'm not going on the hunt," she informed him. "That's not why I came here," she added, before going up the basement stairs, leaving him there by himself.

*Grief*

I don't deserve a chance like this

I don't deserve a love that gives me everything

You're everything I want

I don't deserve your love

But you give it to me anyway

Can't get enough

You're everything I need

It was a beautiful day, as Clay and Elena ran side by side through the woods. And after a few minutes, Clay leapt onto her, getting her on her back. For a few moments, they looked at one another, before she pushed him away with her paws and ran off. Clay then followed her, racing after her.

*Ready*

And when I walk away

You take off running and come right after me

It's what you do

And I don't deserve you

And I don't deserve you

A while after the loss of Philip, she finally decided that she was ready. So, they stood in her room, as she put the ring on his finger that she'd kept in her room all this time.