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Chapter Four: Run Away
Dear Diary,
I cannot believe he's gone..just like that he broke free, scared everybody and then took off..I am still shaking. He looked right at me and I felt my heart race, I had no idea what he was going to do to me. I wish I would of gone after him now. I was so scared that I didn't remember Stefan taking me to my room. I am not in shock however, I just want to go after him.. Maybe I can, maybe I can run away and find him! Oh, but I don't know where he went, but I could still try to find him, I need to find him. He could of gotten hurt more, or he could of been found...
-Elena
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Elena could not keep writing, her hand was shaking and she could hardly think straight. Her mind was on Damon, he left and it felt as if a part of her heart had been torn out. She had high hopes that they would of been able to talk and get to know each other better, but now she had such a faint chance of doing so. Elena had never thought of running away, but she wanted nothing more than to be with Damon. There was something about him that called her to him. It was also her fear of being married off, she did not love Stefan, and she did not want to be forced into the marriage because her parents thought it was right. What was right for them was not right for her, but she could not explain that so they would understand-they didn't understand. Would Stefan, Bonnie, Caroline, or Jeremy? Elena had to realize that if she ran away she would be leaving the ones she loved to try to start a life with someone she hardly knew anything about, and it scared her slightly.
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"Are you going to just sit there, or are you going to feed?" Katherine asked Damon, she was trying to understand his reason for not feeding.
"Did you know that I have gone so long without blood that I could easily kill you." Damon was on his back again, the pain was growing on him. He did not want to kill Katherine, she was needed, but the thirst within Damon was also growing.
"You won't, I know you won't."
"If I have just one drop I will go into a bloodlust!"
"You should of been more care and not got caught."
"At least I am not as pathetic as my brother. I do not live among humans, nor do I try to be like them by trying to marry the princess!"
At those words Katherine froze. Damon had a brother? A vampire brother who was living among humans and going to marry Elena? It was almost too perfect, but Katherine kept calm as she grabbed a stake from a small pocket from the inside of her cloak. She walked up to Damon and staked him right bellow the heart.
"Thanks for that lovely information."
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Bonnie,
I hate to say this, but I am going to run away, but I do not want anyone knowing this and so I want you to take one of my dresses out and splatter blood all over and make it seem as if I was attacked. I have to find him Bonnie, I feel so drawn to him that I know if I stay here I will go mad. I'm sorry and I hope you can forgive me.
-Elena
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Bonnie read the note at least twice already and could not keep herself from crying, she also could not believe that Elena would go and try to find a guy that she knew nothing about too! Bonnie could easily do a spell to find her, but she knew that it would be no use because Elena would not want to come back, or even be found. That meant Bonnie would have to do what Elena asked of her, but she could not bring herself to do it right away. She would have to find a dress, which she knew would not be easy, and she also had to find a way to make it seem like an animal attack and come up with a story of how her body was gone too. This was not easy for Bonnie, she was not good with lying, but for her friend who had lied about her being a witch, she would be able to do so.
"I am so sorry Elena." Bonnie whispered to herself, as she took a dress out of Elena's closet. She looked it over, it was a pale green and very simple, but Elena had always loved it, Bonnie remembered the first time she wore it. Slowly she set the dress down on Elena's bed, and then grabbed a knife and slowly raised it to her wrist. She was shaking, and so it was not easy to hold the knife still, but she knew that she had to do so, and so she closed her eyes as she tried to calm down. Once she had, Bonnie was able to do what Elena asked for, but she planned to wait until morning to tell anyone. Elena had not mentioned that end, and so it was up to Bonnie.
'What do I tell her family, I am not a good story teller, or liar, but I cannot tell the truth for I know Elena would hate me..' Bonnie thought as she left Elena's room without making a sound. She did not want someone to know she had been in there and she held Elena's note close to her heart as she walked down the dark hall to her own room.
"Are you alright?" The voice of Stefan Salvatore caused Bonnie's heart to nearly jump out of her chest, she placed a hand to her chest lightly to calm herself as her heart raced.
"Yes, I..I am." Bonnie whispered, she kept her face low, she did not want to look at him, she could not bring herself to do so.
"Is the princess alright?" He asked softly, and Bonnie felt herself pale a little, why would he want to know? "I was worried about her, she seemed to be in shock earlier."
Bonnie inwardly sighed as she said, "She is asleep, I'm sorry."
Bonnie knew very well what Stefan was, but she did not say for she was confused bu why he was around. Was it possible Stefan was not like the other, maybe he just wanted to live the life that was taken from him. At the thought of that Bonnie frowned inwardly, she did not want to think of someone's life being taken away from them, and slowly she began to think of Elena again. Was it possible that Elena wanted to be a vampire, was that why she was going to find him, or was it something more than Bonnie did not know about?
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Damon woke with pressure on his newest wound, his eyes darted up and he almost yelled at seeing the face, but calmed a little and waited for her to speak. He thought it was Katherine, but something about the way her hands felt against his skin made him think other wise, and maybe it wasn't her, maybe it was the look-alike, and if so, how did she find him? Damon then inwardly frowned, how long had he been out for, was he still in the woods even? He felt the cool grass with his fingers, yes, he was still in the woods, but why was this girl here? Why had she come to him, and better yet how did she find him?
"I'm Elena..I'm sorry if I scared you, but I had to find you.." Unlike Katherine, Elena had been truly worried about Damon, and he had heard it in the sound of her voice.
"You actually care to help me, even though you know that I can kill you." Damon hissed in pain, and Elena frowned as she applied less pressure on the wound.
"Yes."
At her simple, yet honest response Damon was taken back. It seemed like forever since someone showed him true care and concern. He did not fully know how to react, but it seemed tat the pain would over come him if he let it. What he truly needed was blood, but would she be willing to give that to him? She was so kind, but blood was something most humans were not willing to give up for vampires because they were scared of what would happen to them.
"Elena...I need..."
Elena frowned, she looked at him for a while before she realized what it was Damon needed, but she could not held him, and so she glanced at him once more. He had passed out, and so she hurried to go and get him an animal, or something for him to feed from, as she left however she could not help and smile to herself. She felt she was able to get to know him this way, and it was also good because she was able to help too. She was worried though, she had never killed an animal, and she did not know how far the nearest town was, and so she hurried back, she bend down by him and whispered softly, "Take my blood, it is all I have for now." She whispered, ushering her wrist into his mouth, trying to get him to feed, but it seemed to take forever until he did just that.
"I've got you, just feed." Elena whispered, like a mother telling her child to eat, she lightly stroked his dark hair, amazed at his face even with the chance. The deep veins under his eyes were quiet interesting, and Elena wanted nothing more than to lightly trace them, however for now she stroked his hair. She kept him calm, before watching him pull back and lightly lick his lips. The color of his skin was less pale now, and he looked to be healing too! Elena smiled as she lay down with him on the grass, she was feeling faint, but she had been glad to of helped him in his time of need.