It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing
Chapter 8
Elena sucked in a breath as Damon put peroxide on her cuts. It hurt like a bitch, but at least she was safe and sound away from her psychotic bitch of a mother. She gently touched her neck wincing. It was still pretty sensitive. Damon touched her cheek and she winced again. Not from pain, but she couldn't stand someone touching her at the moment.
Damon seemed to notice and pulled back a little bit more.
"Sorry."
"It's okay."
Damon gave her a little smile and went back to cleaning her cuts. She was glad that he saved her tonight.
"Thank you again for saving me. I don't know what would have happened if you hadn't been there."
"I'll always save you Elena."
She gave him a little smile. Her face still hurt a little bit. Not as much as her neck, but still.
"There you go. You're all done."
Elena smiled even though she was sure that she would never be okay again. She would have to go back home sometime and she dreaded that day. She was for sure dead the next time her mother saw her. She had to do something before then. She just didn't know what.
Damon touched Elena's neck and she winced.
"It's still really swollen. Are you sure you don't want to go to the hospital?"
"No. No hospitals. She can find me there They'll make me go back home with her. Even if I did tell them the truth."
Damon sighed. "it'll be bruised for a while."
"Great. Another reason for Rebakah to make my life a living hell. She'll have a field day with this."
"Just let me deal with Rebekah. She's all bark and no bite. Are you hungry? I can make soup so you don't have to use you throat as much."
"I'm fine. Thank you though. I'm just really tired."
Damon smiled and offered her his hand. She reluctantly took it and he led her to his bed. He pulled back the covers and she slipped into them. He tucked her in and gave her a light kiss on the forehead.
"I'll be in the living room if you need me." he said moving towards the door.
"Damon"
He turned around with his hand on the knob.
"Will you stay with me? I'm afraid of being alone."
Damon back away from the door and nodded moving back towards the bed and crawling into the other side of the bed. She felt herself getting tired as she snuggled closer to him. She had to admit that this was nice even if she did hate other people touching her.
"Thank you again for saving me. If you hadn't been there I would have been dead. I already know that."
Damon cuddled closer to her as if he was afraid of losing her just as she was afraid of losing him. When had all of this happened? She had no clue, but she think she liked it.
"I'll always save you Elena."
She smiled as a tear fell on her face. It was nice to finally have someone who cared about her. So this was how normal people felt like. It must have been very nice to grow up in such a loving and caring home. She wished her home was like this instead of how it actually was. But she didn't want to think about that right now. She just wanted to do one thing and one thing only. She wanted to kiss Damon Salvatore.
She sat up and looked at Damon. His face looked at her with confusion.
"What?" he said searching her eyes.
She took a big breath and kissed his lips. They felt soft and warm. She smiled against them as he kissed her back. So this was what it was like to be kissed for real. When you actually wanted to kiss the person that was kissing you.
Elena felt her back hit against his bed as his hands roamed underneath her shirt. He looked at her and she broke the kiss wincing she still didn't want to be touched. It was way too soon. She sat up taking deep, calming breaths as she settled back into herself.
"I'm sorry if I went too fast." he said looking at her with concern.
She shook her head now feeling silly for overreacting.
"No. I'm sorry. I guess I'm still a little bit shaken up about all of this."
"It's not your fault that your mother is a complete psycho path."
Elena nodded. Even she couldn't defend her mother's actions at this point. After all she did try to choke her to death. She let out a huge sigh and fell back onto the pillow. All she wanted now was to sleep. Damon soon followed suite and cuddled her until she fell asleep.