Chapter Five

She looks up at him, caressing his cheek.

"What do you want to do?"

"Hmmm… I could stay like this all day." Elena smiles, kissing his cheek.

"I could too, but we might want to tell Alaric his wife has made a guest appearance once again." Damon says, but doesn't try to move away.

"Well… Yeah." She sighs, "I guess… But that would mean you'd have to get dressed."

"Oh… the horror!" He smirks, kissing her gently, before pulling away, "Okay… Uhh…. Lets get ready."

"Damon…" She groans, "Do we have to?" She smirks, knowing he'll do whatever she wants.

"Elena… I think we should go talk to Alaric. And you might want to tell Jenna about the relationship change." He says pointedly.

"I… Fine." She sighs, "Well… maybe we could talk to Alaric and Jenna, and then we could go somewhere alone, and have some…" She trails off at the look he gives her.

"Elena… I think we should wait until the vampire blood is out of your system, before we fool around like monkeys in bed." He smirks, pulling his shirt on.

"Fine." She shakes her head, walking over to him, where she pulls his shirt up, buttoning it slowly. She smiles, kissing him gently, before caressing his cheek. She turns slowly, pulling on her black-all-star-converse. "But you should know… The whole monkeys in bed thing… sounds a little bit more fun then all that talking." She moves close to him, and takes his hand. "You ready?"

"As ready as I'll ever be." He sighs, kissing her cheek. "So… Jenna or Alaric?"

"Umm… Jenna is here… We can find Alaric later?" She smiles, leading him down the stairs.

"Sure.. But I have to do something right now.. How about tonight?"

"Uhh… Okay..?" Elena smiles, leading him to the door, "I love you."

"I love you too." He smiles, kissing her gently before walking out the door.

Elena sighs, walking over to the couch, where she sits and searches for something in the DVR until there is a knock at the door. She stands up, and walks over, opening the door, she gasps. "Stefan?"

"Hello Elena.. Umm. Can we talk?" Stefan asks, wringing his hands.

"You hurt me Stefan." Elena says, backing away.

"I know I did… And I am so sorry. You are not a replacement. You never were." Stefan moves forward, taking her hands in his.

"How can I trust you? Either you lied before or you're lying now. Either way, I don't want to be with a liar, Stefan. I love you, but… You've hurt me too much. I can't…" She pulls her hands back.

"Don't Elena… I love you. Katherine is nothing to me. I don't know why I said that. I am so sorry." Stefan moves closer again. "I love you. And I cannot believe I did that. Yes, Damon does love you, but it wasn't my place to force you to be with him. I LOVE YOU."

"I'm sorry, Stefan. But You've lost me. I'm with Damon now. You did this. Not me." She moves, trying to shut the door, but he speeds forward, kissing her the best of his ability (which compared to Damon is not.

very well.) She kisses back for a moment, but pulls away, "Okay... Eww… You don't get it. I don't love you anymore. I'm sorry, but I don't want you. You've lost me. Forever. I… Just… LEAVE!"

"Elena.. I-"

"GET OUT!"

"Elena…"

"NO!" Elena pushes him out the door, shutting it after him. She collapses to the ground, tears ripping through her. She leans against the door, crying her eyes out

"Elena?" Jeremy hollers coming down the stairs, as he see's her in tears, "what's wrong?" He runs down the stairs, wrapping her in a tight hug.

"St-Stefan." She cries, "He le-ft m-e an-d to-old m-e to-o be-e with Da-mon. The-en he ca-me ba-ck a-nd try-ed to-o ge-et m-e ba-ck" She takes a deep breath, calming herself, "I'm with Damon. Stefan is gone. The Stefan I loved is gone!"

"Elena, I'm so sorry…" He sighs, pulling her to the couch. "I…"

"Don't apologize. Can… you call Damon for me, though?" Elena bites her lip, hopingly.

"Elena.. Are you sure about that? He isn't good…"

"Yes. He is. And I love him. I can't change that."

"And you're 100% sure that he isn't some rebound to you? Because what he feels for you is true."

"I know his feelings are true. And so are mine! I love him. He is not a rebound!" Elena shouts.

"Okay Elena. I'll call him." Jeremy sighs, taking out his phone and dialing Damon.

"Jeremy?"

"Hey… Damon… Uhh… Elena needs you."

"Is she okay? What's going on?"

"Yeah… Umm… Stefan showed up, and she's all distraught. Could you come over and help her? She… Uhh… She needs you."

"I'll be there. Don't let Jenna know… She doesn't know anything."

"Yeah, well… Jenna is at Alaric's, and uh… I'm bout to go to Bonnie's. So you'll have the… Uhh house to your self's, so you, well… you better not mess her up."

"Oh just open the door already!" Damon sighs when he opens the door, "First of all, I would never mess her up, I'm in love with her, Duh. And second of all, Bonnie? What? Are you with the witch now?"

"Yeah, I am, and you hurt her, and I'll drive a stake through you heart. Got it?"

"If I hurt her, I'll give you the stake my self. And WOW! I'm shocked Bonnie likes 'em so young. 'Splains so much." Damon smirks, walking inside, "where is she?"

"Living room. I, uh, got to go. Take care of her." Jeremy glares, walking out the door, as Damon flashes to Elena's side.

"You okay?"