This chapter has been revised a little.
At Lockwood's Party
Elena had drove herself, no one knew of her breakup with Stefan yet, she didn't want to be here at this party, sure she wasn't too upset over the breakup but she didn't want to spend time around a bunch of human blood temptations either, but here she was, standing there in the doorway, she took a strangled breathe in, and let it out slowly, she didn't know if she wanted to see Bonnie and Caroline, feeling guilty for what happened in their lives all because she fell in love with Stefan, shouldn't she be hating him, this was as much of his fault as it was hers.
Slowly she took a step in, a tray of champagne glasses came by, Elena swiftly reached out and grabbed one, she was already getting a headache, she made her way out to the back lawn, making her single entrance in a black simple dress, Damon was out in the lawn already, making small talk with Liz, when he looked up, their eyes locked and she gave him a small smile, he gave her a serious but soft smile back, he always loved how she dressed up in such gorgeous dresses, even now in a simple black dress she could make it look absolutely gorgeous on her, his pants were getting a little tighter as he stared at her knowing that simple fact that she loved him back, that she was his now.
"Excuse me Liz," Damon excusing himself and making her way to Elena, by the time he reached Elena Stefan had found her,
"Hello brother," Damon acknowledging him, fighting the jealousness his body was raging with his brother standing near Elena,
"I suppose she told you?" Stefan asked,
"Stefan, lets not go into details here, we are here to have a relaxing evening, or to try at least, by the way we aren't dating just yet," Elena rubbing her temples,
"Of course," Stefan knowing her head hurt from being around all these blood banks.
"Shall we," Damon having his hand out for Elena,
"Sure," Elena softly, putting her hand in his, being escorted out to the lawn,
"Freaking out yet?" Damon asked,
"Just a headache, I really didn't want to come to this thing anyway," Elena grumbled.
"Well, I could say every time you feel tempted of ripping someone's throat out we could kiss, but then it would just be a full blown make out session, which would be breaking your rules," Damon smirked, Elena smiled a little,
"Hmm, tempting as that sounds Stefan is around, but I would settle for something stronger, is there anything stronger here?" Elena asked,
"I thought you might need this," Damon pulling out a flask, Elena gave him her glass, she unscrewed the flask top and smelt,
"Mmm, bourbon," Elena sighed,
"You know, eating is a good way to help with the cravings," Damon explained,
"Okay, lets get some food," Elena drinking a little from the flask, she gave it back to Damon, he escorted her to the food and they got a plate, Elena suddenly became tense, Damon had one hand on her back and felt her tense,
"Hey Elena, how you doing?" Caroline asked, Bonnie being beside her,
"Um, I'm fine, how are you guys?" Elena asked, Caroline noticed Damon touching Elena,
"Elena?" Caroline confused,
"Um, me and Stefan broke up, its over between us," Elena explained.
"Oh, um, okay, I guess we will get the scoop later?" Bonnie asked,
"Yeah, sure, a girls night," Elena agreeing, they walked away,
"Breathe Elena," Damon whispered, he felt her rib cage expand and deflate,
"Come on, get your food, and we'll go find a table," Damon seriously. She nodded and got food and they went to find a table, Elena looked around,
"They don't hate you," Damon softly,
"No, soon I will be with you and they think you are the bad guy, their sacrifices, everything that happened to them, was all for nothing, I am a vampire now," Elena explained.
"You are paranoid, you let Katherine get to you, and you are still letting her win," Damon softly, after a while, Elena nodded,
"You're right," Elena eating, she didn't like the feelings and emotions still floating around in her.
"You know what, you need friend time, why don't you have girl's night tonight, I've got to talk to Stefan and see if he talked to Klaus about the theories I came up with tonight," Damon eating, Elena looked up,
"They are talking now," Elena explained,
"I didn't know Klaus was invited to this thing," Elena confused. Damon glanced back, Caroline and Tyler were having a fight out in the open and ended with Caroline slapping Tyler in the face, one that no vampire didn't even need their supersonic hearing ability to hear it. Damon sat there as he watched Klaus stand in between them to protect Caroline. Elena got up,
"Hey, where are you going?" Damon asked,
"I've gotta go to her, she is my friend Damon," Elena seriously, Damon got up,
"I'll go see what's going on with Klaus being here," Damon walking with Elena up to the guys, Elena went to find Caroline, she found her heading out the door with Bonnie following behind.
"Hey, Care, are you alright?" Elena coming up to Caroline,
"I'm fine, just great, me and Tyler broke up because he thinks there is something going on between me and Klaus, but unlike you I show my pain, you are just like Katherine, already ready to move on with Damon," Caroline shouted. Elena felt as if someone stabbed her in the stomach with that comment, she eased her way down to the patch of grass in the front yard, she tried to breathe, she was panicking again, that fear that they all hated her. Stefan had walked away from Klaus, Tyler, Klaus' other hybrid, and Damon, he found Elena outside on the front lawn. He couldn't be with her anymore, and now she was with Damon, but she was panicking,
"Elena, are you alright?" Stefan asked,
"You, you are at fault for this just as much as mine!" Elena taking out her feelings on Stefan, she had him slammed into a nearby tree in seconds, Stefan had been caught off guard,
"All this, everyone, Caroline being a vampire, Tyler being a hybrid, Bonnie, she lost her grandmother because I fell in love with you, why the fuck did you stay, why did you have to know me? I have lost everything because of you!?" Elena shouted as tears ran down her face. Damon felt something was off, he ran off in the direction Elena had gone off toward Caroline, he found them at the corner of the house, Elena fighting Stefan, Stefan fighting Elena.
"Both of you have got to chill out, you want to undo what we just did to get the council members back on our asses?" Damon seriously, Stefan thought about it for a few seconds, then let Elena go,
"Elena, let him go," Damon seriously, she glanced at him,
"He is at fault just as much as me, I am not Katherine! I will never be Katherine!" Elena snarled out,
"I know that Elena, everyone knows that," Damon explained,
"He made me lose everything everyone that was so important to me, everyone I was trying to keep safe, they all sacrificed their lives for me and for what, I am still dead, I am still a vampire," Elena shouted.
"Elena, look at me, Elena," Damon strongly, she looked at Damon,
"You have to let him go," Damon seriously, Elena looked at Stefan, she knew he was Damon's brother and meant something to him. Slowly she let Stefan go,
"Come on we are getting out of here," Damon seriously, he grabbed Elena not forcefully but tight enough to show he was upset with her. Stefan straightened his clothes, now he was labeled the bad brother at least in Elena's eyes, and what she said had been true, if he hadn't had come back she wouldn't have lost anyone. As they were about to walk to their cars they saw Klaus with Jeremy,
"What is he doing with Jeremy?" Elena confused, Damon could tell it wasn't a good time for her to see something like that,
"Damon, what is he doing with him?" Elena about to freak out again.
"Elena, lets go," Damon having a grip on her, Stefan saw what was going on, Damon threw his Camaro keys to Stefan, took the hint to go follow Klaus and Jeremy and nodded. Damon and Elena went back to the boarding house.