~Damon's POV: After "Plan B"~
It my fault, all of it, I thought to myself as I clumped down on the bloody red sofa. The room was dark except for the flickering light of the fireplace. Ever since I had come back to Mystic Falls I have given people pain. I know that before, I wouldn't have cared but something changed inside me. Someone changed me. Someone, who is neither innocent nor evil, a young woman had once considered me as a friend. The one person that pains me to see get hurt. The one person that still hasn't given up on me, and she is Elena. Yet it seems as if I were the one that brings her the most pain. Today for example, if I hadn't taunted Katherine then maybe Jenna wouldn't be in the hospital. Maybe Alaric won't have had to worry if he would lose yet another woman he had loved. Maybe Elena and Stefan's relationship wouldn't have had to end. I have to admit, I had been waiting for that moment for a while; but I hated that it ended the way it did. Seeing the tears in Elena's eyes made me realize that even though I want her for myself, I never want to see tears forming in her eyes ever again. I know what I must do. Even though it pains me to do so I must do it. It is the only way Elena will ever be safe and happy. I must leave Mystic Falls and never return.
To Be Continued…