"HOW COULD YOU DO THAT?"

Damon was sat in the parlour in the boarding house with a glass of bourbon when I burst through the door after learning about what he did. I screamed at his face ready to punch a fist shaped hole in it.

He knew exactly why I was there.

"Calm down, Elena please"

His voice was very calm and quiet which didnt surprise me at all. He probably heard my car pull up on the drive before I even got out.

Only a couple minutes earlier I got a phone call from a therapist advising me to make an appointment about my increasingly addicting self harm problems. So much shit had already happened in the past four months and this certainly did not help matters at all. I drove about 10 times over the speed limit to give Damon a piece of my mind. He rung up about it the day before.

"YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON IN MY LIFE THAT I FELT COMFORTABLE SHOWING MY STRUGGLES TO. NOT EVEN BONNIE AND CAROLINE KNOW AND FOR YOU TO GO AND... AND"

I was so utterly frustrated that I couldn't even finish my sentence. Damon betrayed my trust in the worst possible way and he was gonna pay. Big time. This occasion certainly tops the list of biggest Damon Salvatore fuckups ever.

He sighed, stood up, placed his glass on the table and walked over till he was mere inches from my face. Heat radiated from every part of my body angrily. Sympathy clearly present in his soft facial features. He ran his hand delicately down my jaw to my collarbone.

"Baby you know that I would never intentionally hurt you. Trust me when I tell you that this is the best thing that could happen to you, your scars are getting deeper and more frequent. I had to do something. Seeing you suffer makes me so sad. I did the only thing I could think of doing."

Tears pooled in my eyes as I fell to my knees and broke down intensely. My emotions got the best of me, it rarely happened but when it did i refused to have anyone near me. He sat on the little step i was crying on and tried to hug me but i pushed him away. He was adamant and forced me into his strong hold. It was only then did I admit that I needed help yet Damon knew exactly when to call the clinic. He held me in his embrace while I cried violently. We stayed like that for a few minutes until he sat me up and spoke with assuring words.

"Lets take you upstairs, you can stay the night."

I replied with a simple "okay".

Before I had the chance to stand, he picked me up and told me to wrap my arms and legs around him. I then snuggled my head into his neck. He pushed the door open and carefully laid me down on his pillow. Damon walked over to his dresser to pull out something for me to sleep in. A shirt that was too big and a pair on panties. Both garments of clothes were placed next to my head on the neatly made bed.

He knew I would be tired from the events of the day so he rolled me over onto my back, while attempting to slide off the light blue jeans and thong that I wore. As he gently pushed my jeans down my thin waist, I grabbed his wrists quickly to stop his delicate movements. Damon looked down at me with confused eyes.

"It's okay, I can get dressed myself. I'll be back in a minute."

Before he could say another word, I swiftly grabbed the change of clothes he had layed out for me and made my way to the bathroom. In the pile of clothes were a lacy pair of black panties and one of Damon's oversized silk shirts that he slept in. I stared down at the garments a little while longer until a heavy sigh, I didn't notice I was holding, escaped my quivering lips. I quickly dressed and inspected myself in the bathroom mirror before brushing my teeth and damping my face a little.

He won't notice. Just act normal and he won't notice.

I finished getting changed and gathered up my things to meet Damon back in his bedroom. Before I had even closed the door, I was met with a pair of sparkling blue orbs standing inches from my now-flushed face. My mouth fell open at the sight, making me drop my jumble of clothes.

"Beautiful"

I managed to curl my mouth into a passable smile before reaching down to pick up the things I had dropped.

"Baby where did you get these from" I asked quietly, mentioning towards the black panties.

He hesitated before giving me an honest answer.

"I bought them online while you were at school. I checked your clothes size for emergency sleepovers like these. I didnt want to take any of your own so you wouldn't suspect anything. "

"I hope you know just how adorable you are." I spoke just above a whisper.

A smirk slid out of the corner of his mouth followed by a sly smile. He quickly lifted me up followed by me simultaneously wrapping my legs around his waist to connect behind him. He vamp-sped us to the bed where he straddled my hips and attacked my mouth with much enthusiasm. I stopped him quickly and immediately regretted it as I watched his pretty eyes bare into my own.

"I'm sorry. It's been such a long day and I'm just really tired."

His eyes held disappointment, understanding and lust all at once and it made my head spin.

"I completely understand Elena. I just want you to know that I'm especially proud of you today for dealing with this so well. I promise to be by your side through everything."

My hands fell slack bedsides my head as Damon lifted himself off of me to pull the thick quilt over me. A few moments later he joined me in the spoon position. We were so stuck in the moment that we laid there together for the rest of the night until we fell asleep.