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DISCLAIMER: (I should probably start doing these…) I DO NOT OWN THE VAMPIRE DAIRES! If I did, don't you people think I would have better things to do than to make a pointless fanfiction off of an episode that already happened just so I could include some friendship scenes? If I owned VD, this would have already happened in the actual show! Silly people. ;)
Okay. I'm done ranting, and this will be the only chapter with all this pointless stuff at the beginning. Other than disclaimer and thanks to reviewers, but those will be quick. I promise.
I LIED! SORRY! One more thing! I know there's the whole debate "OH! ELENA HAS TO BE WITH DAMON!" OR "STEFAN AND ELENA ARE PERFECT!" Well, I hate debates, and I hate tying VD with Twilight, so I don't get into that stuff. So to avoid this kind of review: *GASP* YOU MADE THIS A STELENA/DELENA STORY? OH, HOW COULD YOU?" I didn't know who to pair Elena up with so this isn't really romantic. I decided to stick with the original pairing and make it a Stefan and Elena. Now, before you Delena fans quit on me, I don't even think there will be romance in this at all. This pretty much revolves around Damon and Alaric's friendship. Elena and Damon do talk in this, and if your heart's desire, you can make it romantic in your own minds, but it's not. Sorry. :/ Any Elena and Damon moments are friendship.
Damon's Point of View
Damon walked up Elena's porch steps, doing his best to hide how crappy he felt. He shivered as a breeze brushed past his body. Something that two days ago wouldn't have affected him.
He ignored all the troubling thoughts that ran through his head and knocked on Elena's front door. To his surprise, it wasn't Elena who answered. It was the younger Gilbert, Jeremy.
"You're here for Stefan, right?" Jeremy asked him. Damon practically felt the emptiness in his tone. He could hear the sadness and pain that Elena's younger brother was feeling. But at the same time, Damon had to hold back hitting himself. He'd completely forgotten Stefan was here.
"Wait, the party still isn't going on, is it?" Damon asked, pondering coming back later.
"The party ended hours ago," Jeremy explained. "You would have known if you showed up. Elena missed you tonight."
Hours? What time was it? Damon then remembered he had practically passed out on the couch as soon as Alaric had helped set him on it. "I was helping Alaric," Damon lied. He almost chuckled at how ironic the lie was. "He was really upset, and somebody had to help him. I figured he'd need somebody."
Jeremy scoffed. "So you were just helping him out of the goodness of your heart?"
Damon rolled his eyes and didn't answer. Instead he changed the subject. "But Stefan's still here?"
Jeremy nodded. "Yeah, he's been with Elena all day. She didn't even come downstairs to the party. She wanted you here, Damon."
Damon looked at him in surprise. "What? Why?"
Jeremy glared at him. "Why do you think? Our aunt just died, Damon! She expected all her friends to be here for her!"
Damon, feeling guilty, yelled back. "Well last time I checked, Elena wasn't the only one hurting from this! And Elena told me herself that she was upset about what I did."
"She may be upset with you, but she still hoped you'd be there for her, you dick. Now let me just get Stefan so you can just get the hell out of here."
Damon took a deep breath and sighed. "Jeremy, I'm sorry."
Jeremy, who had already begun to head toward the stairs, turned around. "What?"
Damon rolled his eyes. "I'm sorry." He hardly ever apologized to people, and having to do it twice, made him irritated. But it had to be done. Damon didn't think he'd make it through this, and he didn't want to die knowing the entire Gilbert family hated him. "It's just-"
"You're dying, and you want to apologize to Elena before you go?" Jeremy asked, a sideways smile appearing on his face."
"What?" It was Damon's turn to be shocked.
"Bonnie told me. Stefan called her to look for a cure, remember? Well, Bonnie told me." Then he quickly added, "Don't worry, it's only me and Bonnie who know so far."
Damon shook his head. "You knew this whole time?"
Jeremy nodded. "Yeah, I did."
"Now who's the dick?" Damon asked.
Jeremy laughed slightly. "But seriously, did you come here alone?" He asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"Well, I just thought maybe you should have gotten some help or-"
Damon shook his head. "You're sounding like Ric."
"Is he really the reason you didn't show up?"
Damon laughed. "No. Actually, it's the exact opposite. Alaric brought me home after the funeral."
"Why?" Jeremy asked him.
Damon shrugged. "He thought he needed to?"
"Did he?"
Damon sighed. "You're asking a lot of questions."
"Jeremy?" Damon recognized Elena's voice. "Is that Damon I hear?" Damon turned around and saw Elena come downstairs. She looked at Damon and crossed her arms. "What do you want, Damon? Isn't trying to turn me into a vampire then not showing up to Jenna's party enough?"
"Elena, cut him some slack," Jeremy completely surprised Damon by saying. Elena looked passed Damon at her brother and gave him a look that clearly said, you're my brother, you're supposed to be on my side.
"Look, Elena, I wanted to be here, I really did," Damon said, telling her the truth.
"Then why didn't you?" Elena asked. "Why didn't you show up? I asked Stefan and he said that it wasn't his place to tell and that you'd tell me when you were ready."
Way to put pressure on me, brother, Damon thought. He looked back at Jeremy, and jerked his head, telling signaling to the younger Gilbert that he wanted privacy with his sister. Understanding, Jeremy ran up the stairs.
"I'm here to apologize," Damon whispered. "Feeding you my blood, I was wrong."
"Yes you were."
"I know I don't deserve your forgiveness, but," Damon hesitated, trying to find words. "I need it."
Elena sighed. "And I need some time." She looked up at Damon, and looked away again. "Maybe a lot of time."
"Sure." Damon put a fake smile on his face. "Take all the time you need."
"Damon." Damon looked over and saw Stefan coming down the stairs. Stefan looked at Damon and said to Elena, "can we have a minute alone?"
Elena gave Stefan a confused look. "Sure," she said before exiting the room.
"What do you want?" Damon asked his brother with a sigh.
"What are you doing here?" Stefan demanded. "You should be saving your strength, not wasting it coming here."
"Ouch. Does Elena know she's just a waste of energy?" Damon asked, with his usual side smile."
"You know that's not what I mean, Damon."
"I know what you mean, Stefan. And I couldn't die without knowing if Elena forgave me."
Stefan nodded. "She would have been a bit more forgiving if you would have been here for her."
"I've heard that a million times tonight," Damon said. "Me coming here tonight just wasn't possible at the time."
"Okay, you've gotten Elena's forgiveness. Now go home and rest," Stefan ordered.
"Elena didn't forgive me, Stefan," Damon said, not able to hide the sadness in his own voice. "She still hates my guts. Looks like I'm going to die that way."
"Then tell her!" Stefan yelled. "Tell her what's going on. She'll forgive you right away."
"Out of pity," Damon pointed out.
"Well what did you say after she said she didn't forgive you?" Stefan asked him.
"Well she said she needs time."
"And?"
Damon looked away from his brother. "And I told her to take all the time she needed."
"Damon, are you insane? Currently, you don't have time."
"You think I don't know that, Stefan?"
"Look, we will find something, Damon. I promise you that. I'll do whatever it takes. Hell, I'd rather sacrifice myself than watch you die."
Damon shook his head. "I would never let you do that."
"I told you at the cemetery, Damon. I will do this."
"I should go," Damon said, not wanting to talk about this with his brother anymore. Without another word, Damon left the house.
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Alaric's Point of View
Alaric sat on the couch waiting for Damon. He had just called Caroline (Who called Matt, who called Tyler Lockwood) and had asked them to talk to Damon. None of the three were relatively close to Damon. In fact, all of them hated him. But it was Caroline Damon saved and it was Tyler who bit him in the process. Now he just had to wait for the vampire to arrive, and wait for the yelling to get over with, and then wait for the three others to arrive. Meanwhile, Alaric had done some research himself. So far nothing said anything about a cure for a werewolf bite. The only thing he got was, "werewolf bite: fatal to vampires!" The same warning appeared everywhere.
Alaric's thoughts were broken as Damon came into the room and plopped down on the couch next to Alaric. "How'd it go?" Alaric asked.
"Don't get me started," Damon grumbled.
Alaric gave Damon a sympathetic smile. "No good, huh?"
"Nope. Elena still hated my guts."
"So, what happened?" Alaric asked.
Damon took a deep breath. "Well, I had a heart-to-heart talk with Elena's brother. Gross. Got called a dick somewhere in the process, I think a joke was pulled on me thought I can't be sure. You can never tell with that Jeremy kid. Then, talked to Elena, got my apology rejected. Told her I'd give her some time, Stefan came, Elena left. Stefan told me how I don't have time and should just tell Elena about the bite, I called him insane, Stefan yelled at me, tried also to have a heart-to-heart talk with me which was also gross, then I came home."
Alaric raised his eyebrows. "Wow. Sounds like a long night."
"You have no idea," Damon said shaking his head. "So what did you do?"
Alaric hesitated. "Well…" his voice trailed off.
"Ric," Damon warned.
"I also had a heart-to-heart talk with somebody. Though it wasn't exactly about me."
Damon furrowed his brows. "Ric, that doesn't make any-" he was interrupted by a knock at the door.
Damon instantly was confused. No one ever really showed up here except Elena, and she would be with Stefan so she wouldn't have knocked…
"Oh, they're here. Good. Makes my job a lot easier," Alaric said, getting off the couch.
"Who's here?" Damon asked following Alaric who was headed to the door. "Alaric! Who did you call?"
Alaric opened the door, and Damon saw Caroline, Matt and Tyler at the door. "I'm going to kill you, Alaric."
"Damon!" Caroline cried, stepping into the house. "It's all my fault, I'm sorry!"
Damon turned his gaze over to Alaric. "You told them? What part of "no one can know about this do you not understand? Don't you think there's enough going on?"
"She needed to know, Damon. And in my defense, I'm not the one who called Tyler and Matt. That was all Caroline."
Caroline's hands shot up in surrender. "If I needed to know, these guys did too! They're just as a part of this as I am. More for Tyler."
Damon looked over at the two teenage guys who were stepping inside.
"I really hate you, Ric," Damon grumbled. Turning to Caroline he said, "last time I checked, I was on your 'people I want to, but I'm too nice to kill' list."
"Well that was before I found out you're a nice guy who risks his life for me."
"Don't get used to it, Sweetheart," Damon said.
"It's not your fault, Caroline. "It's mine." Damon looked over at Tyler Lockwood. Damon was surprised to hear that come out of the very prideful werewolf. He wasn't known to be the nicest guy in the world. Not that Damon had room to talk.
"You weren't in control," Damon pointed out, feeling like it was the right thing to do.
"Does Elena know about this?" Matt spoke up.
"No," Damon said. "And it will stay that way."
"So, you're just not going to tell her?" Caroline asked. "Damon, she has to know!"
"Don't you think she has enough to deal with right now?" Damon countered.
"I've been Elena's best friend since first grade. I would know that she'd rather know, than you die without her knowing."
"Caroline's right, Damon," Matt said. "It's just going to hurt her more if she doesn't know."
Damon rolled his eyes. "Just go, okay?"
Caroline glared at Damon. "If you don't tell her, I will."
"If you tell her, Wolfy Boy and your human friend will wake up at the bottom of the lake."
"I think he's serious," Matt whispered in Caroline's ear, apparently not remembering that Damon was a vampire with super-sonic hearing.
"Oh, I'm dead serious."
Caroline rolled her eyes. "It's cruel not to tell her!" she yelled.
"I'm not known to be the one to do something because it's 'the right thing to do'", Damon pointed out.
The three teenagers left the house, Caroline glaring at Damon the entire way out the door.
"Do you have to piss everyone off?" Alaric asked once they were all gone.
"Did you have to invite them?"
"Yes. We've been over this. They needed to know."
Damon rolled his eyes. "Just get out of here, Alaric."
Alaric looked at Damon. "Excuse me?"
"Can I be alone for the rest of the night?" Damon yelled.
"Look if you're mad at me-"
"It's not you!" Damon yelled.
"Elena." Alaric didn't say it as a question.
"It's always Elena," Damon mumbled.
Alaric placed a hand on Damon's shoulder. "I'd love to give you a nights worth of privacy," he said gently. "I'm just afraid of what's going to happen."
"So am I," Damon whispered. "That's why I need you to leave."
"You're not going to hurt me, Damon," Alaric said gently, though almost unsure.
"I can't take that chance."
Alaric took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly. He looked around the room, almost as though he was stalling. Finally, he said, "Stefan will be here right?"
"I make no promises," Damon admitted. He was getting ready to say yes just so Alaric would just leave already, but he didn't want to start lying now. He was still trying to get on everyone else's good side. "He might stay with Elena tonight. I think he's honestly a bit unhappy with me."
Alaric scoffed. "Who isn't these days?" He looked at Damon and nodded. "I'll come first thing in the morning. I promise."
Damon rolled his eyes. "I know, I know. Now just get out of here. You have some people you need to check on."
Alaric nodded. He looked at Damon for a while before whispering, "okay" then he headed out the door, leaving Damon alone.
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