Damon wondered whether or not he should tell Elena what happened. It seemed like the logical thing to do, but he knew Elena would be mad. And if she told Stephan it would just him more reason to keep Damon away from Elena. Damon decided to remain quiet about it, but if the right time came to tell Elena, he wouldn't hesitate to do so.

Damon followed behind Stephan and Elena as they walked to the emergency area of the hospital. He wouldn't say that he necessarily cared if these people lived or died but they were important to Elena, so they were important to him.

They approached Matt, Tyler, and Bonnie in the waiting area of the emergency room. Matt and Tyler both had bandages on and Matt appeared to be wearing a cast as well. Bonnie ran up to Elena and embraced her.

"Elena, thank god you're here. How did you find out? Did Caroline's mom call you?" Bonnie asked.

Elena looked down for a moment, regained her composure and finally looked back up at Bonnie with determination. "I found John dead in my kitchen when I got back from the Founder's Day disaster. Katherine was there as well, she more or less threatened all of our lives, and Jeremy tried to overdose on pills." Elena finished and both Damon and Stephan looked at her inquisitively as to how she was doing so well all of a sudden.

"Oh my god! Elena are you alright? Is Jeremy ok?" Bonnie exclaimed.

"Yeah, everything and everyone appears to be alright for right now, well except John I suppose…How are things with Caroline? Matt and Tyler seem to be ok…" Elena asked.

"She is doing well. Her mom is with her right now, they just finished surgery. She wasn't wearing her seat belt and she went through the windshield. She had some internal bleeding." Bonnie said.

"That's good to hear," Elena said while giving her best friend another hug.

Stephan came forward, "Actually Bonnie, I was hoping we could have a meeting soon, with Katherine back we are all going to need to be on the same page and more cautious. I was going to let Alaric know so he could meet us back at the boardinghouse."

"Why can't we meet at Elena's house" said Bonnie, obviously feeling more comfortable at Elena's rather than a vampire residence.

"Katherine has access to Elena's house, she was invited in. Not to mention that the house is in need of good cleanup right about now." Damon interjected.

"Fine, I will meet you guys there shortly. I am just going to take Matt and Tyler home." Bonnie finished.

Both Stephan and Damon gave Elena some space to talk to Matt and Tyler briefly. Neither one of them were good friends with them so they thought it best to remain behind. After a few moments of Elena and Bonnie talking to their friends Elena, Stephan, and Damon left in Jenna's car.

"Alright I texted Alaric and told him to take Jenna back to his house. He will be meeting us at the boarding house as soon as Jenna falls asleep." Stephan started.

"Damon are you sure there is nothing you could think of as to why my Aunt would give you so much attitude? She hasn't had a problem with you recently…" Elena said.

"Not a clue," Damon lied again and continued staring gout the window of the car as they sped back to the house.

When they arrived all three of them sat down on the couch. Damon, once again, poured himself a drink and Elena put her head on Stephan's shoulder. Within minutes Elena was asleep while Stephan and Damon stared at a burning fire. Stephan was contemplating what was ahead for him, he was terrified of Katherine and the mayhem she could cause, but at the same time wanted nothing more than to protect Elena from it. Damon was still thinking about the kiss, he knew it wasn't Elena now, and he needed to erase the entire thing from his memory. It was only doing him harm to keep dwelling on something that didn't even happen.

Stephan quietly told Damon that he was going to call off the meeting for tomorrow morning instead of tonight. He would let the others know and told Damon to be prepared for tomorrow morning. Stephan carried Elena up to his room, as he ascended the stairs Damon watched with a feeling he wasn't used to. Jealousy. Damon sighed and poured himself another drink and continued to sit by the fire.

Some hours later Stephan came down the stairs.

"I'm going out to feed. I've got about two hours till I told everyone to be here so that should be more than enough time." Stephan said. "You should feed too, we need our strength."

"Lil brother I've got plenty of strength. Remember I take the good stuff," Damon said pointing at an empty blood bag next to him and his drink. However, be sure to say hello to Bambi for me, and all the other forest animals."

Stephan rolled his eyes and headed out the back door.

Now that Stephan was gone he realized that he was alone in the house with Elena. He closed his eyes and concentrated on her slow, sleeping heartbeat and the sound of her breathing. Even though he knew it was a bad idea he went upstairs to "make sure she was okay".

When he opened the cracked door to Stephan's room he saw Elena sleeping on his large bed. She was in one of Stephan's t-shirts and her hair fell gently around her face. Damon quietly brushed a stray strand of hair and tucked it back behind her ear.

Damon went back to the living room and laid down on the couch. He knew he should just go to bed, but at this point it was worthless to try and get any sleep with the meeting in under two hours. He closed his eyes attempting to dose off until he heard soft footsteps coming down the stairs.

"Miss me?" Damon asked with his eyes still closed.

"Get over yourself Damon, I woke up and I haven't been able to fall back asleep since."

"I know a few things that would put you to sleep, well eventually it would."

"You're sick." Elena retorted.

"Yeah but you still love me anyway."

Elena moved to lay sit next to him on the couch. She leaned her head back and rested her eyes in the same position that Damon was in. Damon regarded her tired features.

"You want to come close and snuggle next to me?" Damon offered.

"No thanks."

"Just thought I would offer." Damon said while smirking.

Both of them laid there on either sofa till Elena fell back asleep. Damon watched her while she slept for almost an hour. Soon Elena stirred while still sleeping and her head fell on Damon's shoulder. Damon looked down at her, smirked, and rested his head back and closed his eyes.

Boy Stephan will love this…