*the next day*
Elena woke up and went to the kitchen to eat some breakfast.
"morning"
She turns around and sees Rose.
"Rose hey I missed you" she smiles.
"me too"
"what are you up to?" she asked then starts eating.
"well I was thinking if you would like to go to the mall today"
Elena's eye opens in shock and she smiles big, "REALLY?!"
Roses chuckles. "yes"
Elena remembers something and frowns, "wait, is he going to let me out?"
"you're with me don't worry"
Elena gets up smiling and hugs Rose, "Thank you so much, I'm gonna go get ready" and with that she went back to her room.
Rose was waiting for Elena in the living room.
"I'm ready" Elena appeared behind her.
"Great let's go". They walked toward the door but stopped when they heard him.
"Where do you think you're going?" Damon was standing behind them his arms wrapped together and he was looking directly at Elena.
"I'm taking her to the mall"
"well that's not going to happen" he said casually.
"and why not?" Rose said getting irritated.
"because I said so, no go back to your room"
Elena looked at him with her pleading eyes, "Please sir… Rose is going to be with me… and I won't talk to anyone or run away I promise… but please let me go, just for an hour at least…Please"
Damon wanted her to go, to have fun, but he couldn't risk it, what if she ran away, he had to stay on the safe side.
"No you're not going end of story" he said strictly, "no get the hell back to your room"
"sir please…"
Damon grabbed her roughly by her arms and pulled her close to him. "I said you're not going, are you stupid or deaf?"
"GOD I HATE YOU"
She didn't know what happened to her next, all she knew was that she slapped him so hard and it's probably gonna leave a mark.
He didn't know that he could be so angry with her right now. "THAT'S IT". He started walking pulling her with him, holding her arm so tightly. He arrived at the basement, opened the door and threw Elena inside.
"no please… don't leave me here alone please… I promise I won't go out I won't go anywhere but please don't leave me here." Tears started to fall on her face, she was so scared.
"STOP TALKING" he closed the door and locked it.
"SIR PLEASE…" she ran to the door and tried to open it.
"you're going to stay here until I decide to let you out." He hissed at her and walked away.
"NO PLEASE… LET ME OUT…let me out" she fell on the floor crying.
Damon went directly to his glass of Bourbon, he needed something to get his mind out of Elena.
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, GOD CAN'T YOU SEE THAT SHE NEEDS TO GO OUT, SHE HAS BEEN LOCKED IN THIS HOUSE FOR A MONTH NOW AND WHAT YOU LOCK HER IN THE BASEMENT FOR WANTING TO GO OUT." Rose yelled, she was furious at him.
Damon looked at her pissed, he didn't need this right now.
"Get out Rose"
"why did you do this?"
"I don't want to talk about it."
"WHY THE HELL NOT? She just a girl Damon, she needs to live her life"
Damon threw his glass in the fire and that made Rose flinch.
"I SAID GET OUT"
She looked at him one last look and left.
"FUCK" Damon sat down on the couch sighing and buried his face in his hands.
This is not how he expected his day to start.
3 days have passed and Elena was still locked in the basement. Damon brought her food once a day and every time she pleaded him to get her out of there but he didn't answer, he only put the food on the floor in front of her and got out.
Everyday he could hear her cries but he had to be strong, he had to make her understand who's in charge.
The fourth day, Rose came.
"When are you going to let her out?"
"that's none of your business"
"she's dying Damon"
"no she's not"
"are you sure?!"
"Rose please just let me handle it"
"You're a selfish jerk you know that? Can't you see what you're doing to her? She's human Damon she can't survive this"
"Rose listen…"
"no you listen if you don't get her out right now I'll make sure that I will"
"no you won't"
"I can hear her Damon, if you leave another day in there she might not wake up again."
Damon focused a little on Elena, he could hear her struggling, her breathing was slow and heavy, she was mumbling something that he couldn't understand. Rose was right, he had to save her.
He looked at Rose then walked passed her to the basement. He stood in front of the door when he arrived and looked at Elena, then he opened the door and entered.
She was sitting on the floor, her head on the wall and her eyes closed, she was weak and fragile. She heard him come in but she didn't bother to open her eyes, she was too tired.
"Just kill me already" she said in a whisper, if he didn't have vampire hearing he wouldn't have heard her. When she said that something in Damon changed, he felt something toward her but he didn't know what, maybe something like pity or guilt, he didn't know.
He walked closer to her and bent down in front of her, he cupped her face making her opening her eyes a little and looking at him.
"what am I going to do with you?" he caressed her cheeks smoothly and slowly, then he picked her up bridal style holding her tightly to his chest and walked out of the basement toward his room.
He laid her on his bed then walked to his bathroom and brought a cloth with water and started to wipe her face with it. She flinched a little but didn't say a thing.
When he finished, he called Rose so that she could help her get washed and wear new clothes.
While waiting for them to finish, he was standing in front of the fireplace remembering her face when he entered the basement, she was so vulnerable like she could break any second. At that point Damon knew he had to make it up to her, if he wanted to keep her he had to change, and that's exactly what he's going to do.