A/N: I realize I haven't been doing much on fanfiction. That, my friends, is because I have been VERY busy with school and BETA-ing and writing a planning a new story on top of the three I already have.

I have one request for a little while and I will update you on my profile but pray for my family at the moment, we are really in need of it.

Thank you and I'm sorry but this is a new start. This will be very short, Dark Beauty, Strength didn't have many fans and I wasn't really into that so I am deleting it and I really don't know what to do with The Light Shines Through.

Chapter Three — Pros and Cons

"Stop everything," I yelled before I looked around.

Rosalie, Alice, and Bella were poised between a slightly disgruntled Elena

— who was sitting on the sofa with Renesmee's arm around her shoulders —

and a slightly pissed off Stefan — who was being held back by Edward and

Jasper. Emmett almost knocked down the door behind me, but in my mind, in

my world, everything was frozen.

I didn't know weather to run over and rip Stefan's throat out or run to

Elena and make sure she was okay.

I chose Elena. I walked straight toward the middle of the group and at the

last second stepped in Elena's direction.

"Don't you dare go near her," I heard Stefan growl, but I brushed it off.

I knelt in from of Elena and looked to Renesmee (what a name? I mean was

Bella high when she named Nessie) who looked to Alice then Edward. I will

assume that they nodded because she got up and stood next to Emmett.

"Did he hurt you in any way, Elena?" I asked softly. I knew it was

pointless to whisper but I didn't care. All I cared about at the time was

Elena and how she felt.

"No, Stefan wouldn't hurt me."

I pointed to the scene behind me and she shrugged.

"Alice," I called and stood up.

She walked slowly away from the group between Elena and Stefan and stood in

front of me.

"Did you see anything? Was Stefan going to harm Elena in any way?"

"I had a vision and saw Stefan take Elena's vervain pendant off and try to

compel her. He wouldn't have hurt her, but we wanted her to tell you both

on her own accord; not by being compelled to do so."

"So why does she look so — beat up?"

"Stefan had her by the arm the second she made a step toward the door to

chase after you. She tried to get away but Stefan tried to get her to tell

him what we were talking about."

"I see. Is Elena ready to tell us what is going on?"

"Yes, I am," Elena said. She stood carefully and looked at me and Stefan

at the same time. Staring us both down and seeming to read our soul and

every emotion we were experiencing at the moment. And she calculated in

her mind how to say what she wanted to get out.

"Stefan, I want you to sit in the chair on my right and Damon, please sit

on the left chair."

I moved to the chair that lined the rug on her left side while Stefan moved

to the seat on her right.

"Edward and Jasper, please just stand beside Stefan. Emmett, could you

stand at Damon's side with Rosalie? Bella and Ness, could you sit with me?

Each vampire moved to the spots they were instructed to sit or stand.

"Alice, stand between us all so that is you see anything that could get any

of us hurt, you can act fastest. Jasper, keep everyone calm, please. And,

Bella, could you shield my mind from your husband. I don't want him to

know what I'm thinking as I'm thinking it."

Bella and Jasper just nodded while Alice smiled at Elena and closed her

eyes, watching for any outbursts.

"Okay, so, I've been thinking for a little while about a choice I knew I

would have to make eventually so I decided that it would be best to tell

you now instead of keeping you waiting and wondering," she said, focussing

on each of us in turn. "This is one of the hardest things I have ever had

to decide in my life and one of you won't like what I choose.

"The decision is which one of you I want to spend the rest of eternity on

the run with. I'm going to tell you my way of seeing things but before I

do, you both have to promise that you love me enough that you'll let me go

to the other, if that's what I choose."

Stefan nodded in agreement as I leaned forward.

"Elena, whatever makes you happy. If you chose for me to put a steak

through my heart, I would," I said, hoping to the heavens that she wouldn't

actually ask me to do that.

She smiled and shook her head as if answering my unspoken hope.

"I wouldn't ask you or Stefan to do that, Damon."

I sat back and smiled at her with love exploding in my heart.

"I love you both, but I have recently realized that I love you in two

different ways. I like the fact that you, Stefan, are so sensitive toward

me and that you care about my feelings but you are too protective and a

little possessive of me.

"I like that you, Damon, care what I do and warn me about potential danger

but let me do what I want and even if I were to get in trouble or get hurt,

you would be there for me.

"I like the safety with Stefan yet I still enjoy the danger I feel when I'm

with Damon.

"The only real turn-off is that Damon pursued me because I looked like

someone he once loved and that Stefan initially avoided me because I looked

like someone he loved. I'm just another Kathrine. I'm flattered, really,

but it's bound to be deja vu for you.

"This is hard for me to say but," she paused and gave both of us a

meaningful look, "Damon..."

Stefan hung his head a little and I sat back on the edge of the chair.

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