Chapter 9

AN: hii, me again so here is a new chapter :) i hope you're still enjoying my story as i didn't get many reviews...so maybe it was a bad chapter shrug. anyway onward. again i don't own anything except my story ideas.

Elena woke up the next morning feeling completely content knowing that she had the best night sleep for a long time and that was down to Damon obviously. She slowly opened her eyes taking in the sunlight beaming through the window, she hoped she would still be feeling the strong arms around her but as she turned around she noticed Damon wasn't with her. She felt the sheets beside her and felt the coldness soon realizing he must have left awhile ago. She sat up in bed sighing irritated that Damon had ditched her so early in the morning. She moved her legs from around the bed leaving them dangling on the floor slowly finding the will to get out of bed she stood up and noticed a note on her chair with a package. Curiously walking over to the chair she picked up the note reading it, "Don't worry I haven't ditched you, I was just hungry so went home quickly to grab a blood bag. If i'm not back in bed with you by the time you get up I'm sorry, ps. bought you a gift ;)' She laughed at the note and opened the bag laying down on the chair and saw a beautiful raspberry coloured silk robe. She carefully put the robe on covering herself up, still wearing lingerie from the night and pulled her long hair into a high ponytail then heading down the stairs suddenly smelling a whiff of food. Intreiguied she slowly peeped her head around the kitchen and to her surprise she saw Damon cooking!

"I know you're watching me." Damon told her still with his back facing her.

She walked closer to him giggling and wrapped her arms around his stomach, "Morning." She greeted him kissing the side of his neck.

He turned around facing her, "Good morning beautiful." Smiling as she blushed at his comment looking down at her feet.

He gently pushed her neck up and kissed her hungrily, smiling through the kiss before pulling away, "I like this. I like you. I like-" She mumbled before getting interrupting when his lips crashed against hers. "I like us." She continued, kissing him once more.

"I like us too," Damon said proudly.

"But." Her smile fading and he looked at her with a confused look on his face, "The way you said 'I like us too' sounded like there is a 'but' about to be said."

Damon hid his worry and turned around turning off the sausages and pulling plates out of the cupboard, "No buts."

"Hey!" She pulled him to face her, "You're lying, what's wrong?"

Damon sighed, "We need to talk about what happened yesterday."

"What us sleeping together in the same bed?" She started to worry.

He smirked, "No."

"Then what?" Concern in her eyes.

He opened his mouth ready to let all the news known to Elena about finding Stefan and everything. Afterwards she couldn't help but smile knowing that Stefan was back home, "Where is he? I have to see him Damon."

"I'm not letting him anywhere near you Elena. I promised I would keep you safe." "and I can't bear it if you go running back to him.' His unspoken words going through his head.

"It's not you're decision to make Damon." She said angrily.

"Then fine Elena get yourself killed! See if I give a fuck then." Damon shouted at her.

She was shocked at his outburst at her, "Damon." She reached out to him but he vampire-sped out of the house leaving her with her thoughts.

"What was that about?" She heard Jeremy ask, turning around she saw Jeremy in the hallway.

She let out a heavy sigh, "I really don't know. But i'm going to get dressed and go see Stefan." Going past Jeremy and about to head up the stairs when his words stopped her.

"Is that a really great idea? Seeing Stefan?" He judgingly asked her.

"It's Stefan, Jermey." She snapped at him and ran up the stairs to get changed. Jeremy raised his eyebrows at her actions and wandered into the kitchen smelling an English breakfast consisting of sausages, eggs, hash browns, bacon and french toast. 'well if she won't eat it, I guess I will' He thought to himself scoffing the food left.

Damon was sat in his usual spot drinking when Elena came rushing inside the boarding house and was about to run down the stairs to the basement when Damon appeared infront of her, "I wouldn't if I were you."

"What is wrong with you? It's Stefan! Let me past." Elena tried walking around him but he held her arm with a tight grip.

"Damon, you're hurting me. Let me go." She whimpered but he stayed looking angry at her and wouldn't loosen his grip on her arm. She tried to struggle her way out his grip but he pinned her up against the wall.

"Damon! Stop it. What's wrong with you!" She shouted at him.

He immediately heard the worry and anger in her voice and moved away from her knowing he made a mistake being so harsh and controlling to her. She walked up to him wrapping her arms around you, "I love you, Damon." She looked up at him, "But don't act that way to me. Be better than who you were, for me."

He sighed and nodded, slowly wrapping his arms around her and looked down at her a she was about to speak again, "What is wrong, you can tell me anything." She said softly hoping he would open up to her.

"I don't want you running back to my brother now he's back." Damon looked away embarrassed that he was feeling this way.

She smiled, "I won't. I'm in love with you Damon, not Stefan. It's you Damon, it's you. But Stefan is still going to be part of my life and I still care about him. I need you to understand that and not get jealous or thinking i'm like Katherine...even if it's partly true."

He frowned, "You're nothing like Katherine!"

She half smiled, "Really? Cause I'm starting to feel like i'm becoming her more than I knew. I mean I'm dating you and I've dated your brother. I'm practically becoming her."

He shook his head, "You're nothing like that psychotic bitch, you have a heart Elena. You cared about me when everyone else wanted me dead. You have a heart Elena. And she toyed with us, you're not...well I hope." He smirked at his last comment.

"I guess." She looked at the basement stairs leading to where Stefan was being kept, "I'm going to go downstairs, okay?" She kissed him softly on the cheek and headed down the stairs before Damon had a chance to disagree.

"Stefan?" She called to him through his cell and she heard some movement and suddenly he appeared through the bar on the door.

"Elena, well if this isn't a special surprise having you here."Stefan smirked.

Elena felt cold hearing his tone of voice and the way he spoke almost like he was Damon when she first met him, "We're here to help you Stefan that's all."

"I don't need help Elena! I need to get outta here. Don't you get that!" He shouted coldly to her.

She shook her head sadness in her eyes, "I promise we'll get you back to normal Stefan but first you need to let the blood out of your system, please Stefan. I know you're in there somewhere."

He laughed at the pettiness, "You're voice is giving me a headache. LEAVE." He growled his hands holding onto the window bars scaring Elena till she backed away slightly.

Damon ran down the stairs hearing the shouting, "Elena!" He ran up to her and she ran into his arms and he carried her back up the stairs.

"I told you, you need to be careful. He's not the Stefan you remember, with all the blood in his system right now." Damon said softly rubbing her back calming her down. She simply nodded not knowing what to say.

"He'll be okay eventually right?" Elena looked at him with full of hope in her eyes.

Damon shrugged, "I hope so but he's been on human blood constantly for quite awhile, it'll take awhile. But I promised you I'd bring him and I will Elena."

She smiled kissing him on his neck, "I know, I trust you will. Thank you for being here for me and understanding everything."

He smiled back at her, "Of course."