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"Get out of this car, now!" The voice now said in a stronger tone, sounding anxious.
Elena felt paralyzed, her knees were trembling and her whole body frozen. She quickly got out of the car, and the other man took her from her arms, pulling her behind.
"I- I..I'll give you whatever you want, just- just don't hurt me please." She said, her voice shaking in fear.
She felt tears threatening to escape, but she held them. She didn't want to give those men any other sign of weakness.
The man who was holding her buried his face in her neck, sniffing her hair.
"Mmh..you think we can have a little fun with this one, Fred?" He asked, chuckling smugly.
The man who was currently checking inside her car, Jenna's car, laughed devishily before shaking his head.
"Sure she's a pretty little thing..but we don't have time." He said firmly.
"Oh, but come on!" The other pouted.
Elena felt now disgusted. They were seriously joking and debating on whether hurt her and god only knows what or not? She had never feared for her life that much, not even when the accident with her parents happened.
"What do you want? Just take the car and go..please. I'll give you all my money too." She managed to purge out, more firmly this time.
The man who was currently holding her chuckled, seeming amused.
"You see, my lovely..unfortunately what I really want, I can't get. But my friend there is searching for some valuables. You have any, so we can go quickier?" He asked in a calm tone. Almost polite..a creepy polite, though.
Just when she was about to reply, his eyes flickered on her necklace and a grin appeared on his face. Oh no..everything, but that necklace no.
It meant the world to Elena. It was her mother's. Her father gave it to her, and it was the last thing of her parents that she was holding on to. That she was always bringing with her everyday.
"How come I didn't see it earlier?" He asked himself, then roughly ripping it off her.
"No, please..everything but that necklace no. Please, it isn't even much expensive." Elena started begging.
He shook her hard, knocking her down, her head hitting the ground. She slammed her hip and her leg on a rock as she flinched in pain and looked at the man in front of her in horror. There she felt really hopeless.
Just the hard voice of the other one managed to distract her.
"For fuck's sake..how many times I have to tell you to keep some manners. We have to be fast and focused. And not on some random girl..even if this one, actually deserves." He said almost smirking in the end, looking at her from tip to toe.
The man that was still standing in front of her snorted heavily. "Fine. Have you done here anyway, Fred? Oh, and look what I got.." He then said grinning devishily, almost trying to impress him.
"Yeah, yeah..whatever. Now let's go." He said, as they rushed into the car.
The one that she seemed to fear the most, turned around again, smiling smugly at her, and Elena felt all her worries returning again, her heart pounding painfully.
"It's been a pleasure, sweetheart." He said with his quiet voice.
And with that, they were gone. Elena still felt her body stiff, not able to move or even open her mouth for that matter. It was Mystic Falls, for god's sake. Something like that barely happened..and she had to get involved into it. Not that it was her fault, but still that men hurt her, taking Jenna's car and most of all stealing one of the most precious things for her on the planet.
Realization slowly began to hit her, as she started sobbing quietly. It wasn't even a common street, where you could easily find people walking, or buildings for that matter. She was into shit.
She tried to get it together, telling herself to calm down. A little hopeful smile spread across her face when she felt her phone in her pocket.
As she saw the screen enlightening, she quickly dialed his number. Yes, his. Because she should have probably called 911, Jenna, or Jeremy. But none of them was her hero. Damon was.
After he finished his bottle of the familiar bourbon, somehow helping him to take her out of his head, Damon drifted into sleep on the couch.
For the whole ride home he had felt nothing but disappointed, hurt and sad. And why? Because Elena just declared her love for some other guy over the phone? Obviously not, Damon, he thought sarcastically. Funny thing about that, it was that he had no rights to feel that way. He was the one who rejected her..twice. He was the one who let her down and told her that he wasn't the one for her..so his thougths were nothing but childish. And still, he couldn't help them. Never in his life he had felt this way, especially not for a woman. After his mother died he was forced to grow up, taking care of himself and his brother at the same time. It had been tough, but he eventually made it, then building a shell all over himself to shut people out. While Stefan turned out just fine in the end, Damon became more bitter and fatalist towards life, and people. Dare he say that, cold. The only people that he actually loved in his life were Jamie and Stefan. Until now. Until Elena got into his life like a tornado, twisting him and his 'precious' unbreakable shell. Elena was a special girl, he had always known that. From the moment she came into this house, he just knew that there was something about that girl. But as days, as weeks, passed he felt more and more attached to her. And now for the love of his he didn't know how he could build-up that shell again. To shut feelings out.
His inner thoughts were briefly forgotten when he heard his phone ringing. He sighed frustrated. And now who could it be at this hour?
"Hello?" He said, half tired and half annoyed.
He rubbed his eyes, slowly putting on his feet. And then they snapped open, when he heard her voice.
"Damon?" She said. Her voice though wasn't cheerfull and relaxed as always, it seemed full of fear. Trembling.
He quickly panicked, mentally telling himself to calm down and listen to her.
"Elena? Whas is it? What happened?" He snapped, getting up and starting pacing around the room.
"Damon I'm in some trouble and I need you!" She started sobbing.
Okay, now he felt seriously panicked. His heart was beating a little too fast for his liking and he actually felt sort of giddy, cursing himself for not being there for her already.
"Okay Elena I'm on my way. Where are you?" He asked taking a deep breah.
"I don't know..somewhere near the old Church. Very close to it." She said quickly. "I'm scared." She then added after a few moments of silence.
His heart actually ached in pain. It was the second time in his life that he heard Elena crying and the whole thing was unbereable for him to stand. Just the sound of her cry made him angry. If someone harmed her…
"Don't be. I'll be there in a few minutes and you'll be just fine, okay baby?" He asked sofly, trying to sound reassuring.
He heard her taking a sharp breath, almost as if she was trying to convince herself. "Okay.." She said more softly.
She sounded so scared, so helpless. All he wanted to do was crawling her in his arms, and tell her that everything was going to be alright. He had to believe that.
"Elena?" He then asked.
"Yeah?" Her trembling voice replied immediatly.
"Just take a few breaths, think about something good..focus on it. I'll be there even before you finish thinking about it..alright?" He said, smiling a little.
"Alright." She said, and he could hear that her tone seemed lighter.
Damon ran out of the boarding house in a heartbeat, not even bothering to lock the door. Once in the car, he went so fast that he mentally thanked god for not having the Sheriff or the police around.
He cursed himself for having ignored her earlier. She had recognized him, and she obviously ran after him, after he made the creep outside of her house. It was all his fault if she was in this mess. If something serious happened to Elena, his Elena, he couldn't forgive himself.
After the small talk with Damon, Elena felt definitely calmer and reassured. She knew that he was on his way and the thought made her simply happy. A little smile appeared on her face, thinking about it.
And she did exactly what he told her. She thought about something good, something that made her feel home. She thought about the best days with her parents and Jeremy, when they were happy together. Their barbecues, campings, the huge party for Jenna's degree..and last but not less important her bickers with Jeremy. She used to be so stubborn, and so did he, so their bickers would turn into huge fights for such silly things. Their dad always seemed to take her side, while her mother Jeremy's. At the time it was something that annoyed the hell out of her..but now she just missed it.
As she felt some noises around her, she shivered, and instantly thought about something good again. Her days with Matt, how much their naive love still gave her sweet memories. And then Bonnie, Caroline, Jamie…Damon. He became such an important figure in her life. He was one of those people who come in your life all of a sudden, but have the power to change it, and change you. She remembered the first time that she had seen him. How she immediatly felt attracted to him, but thought that he was just a cocky ass. The truth was that now she couldn't imagine a life without him in it, the days with Jamie and Damon seemed to be ones of the happiest of her, they made her feel home. Knowing that Damon didn't feel the same, and that she probably wouldn't have seen him that much again when Stefan was going to come back..it hurt her. But she even knew that she had to move on, and not focus on someone who clearly didn't care about her the way she did..
She was starting to get cold and feel weak, her eyelash getting heavier. She fought against it, but it eventually took the best of her..
"Elena, Elena.." She heard someone calling her name and shaking her lightly. Panic and worry in the voice. "Please baby look at me..just open your eyes!" The voice said again. It was his voice. She came for her. She knew it.
"Damon?" She said huskily, in a weak voice.
As she opened her eyes she was met by those unmistekable ocean blue ones. Looking at her full of relief, worry..and something else that she couldn't quite describe. A little smile crossed her face.
"Oh god, Elena…" He cried out with so much vulnerability in his voice. He was kneeled in front of her, and now he was holding her tight, for dear life. "I'm so sorry this happened to you." He said, kissing the top of her head.
She wrapped her tiny arms around his neck, pulling him closer. "It's okay..you're always saving me." She said smiling.
He pulled away to look at her in her eye, gazing at her softly and intensly. "No..not if I am the one who puts you in danger in the first place. If I didn't leave you at the party, that accident with Tyler wouldn't have happened. And today..I shouldn't have run. I'm a coward and I'm selfish. I'm the one who put you into this." He said shaking his head, his voice full of guilt and regret. "And now look at what happened to you. It's all my fault." He said, biting his bottom lip.
She stayed quiet for a few moments. "Well..you're here now. Maybe it means that you shouldn't stay away at all?" She teased.
He smiled, sadly, though. She then cupped his cheek, smiling amused at him. "So you do admit that you were indeed there, tonight?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.
Uh-oh. He just smiled, planting a kiss on the palm of her hand.
"Let's get you to the hospital.." He said in a tight voice. He carefully picked her up, as she wrapped her weak arms around his neck.
"You're not getting away with it, Salvatore.." She mumbled.
He chuckled. "Fine, Gilbert. I surrender. We'll talk about whatever you want later though..now I have to make sure that you're okay." He said firmly.
He gently placed her in the backseat, then quickly got into the car, driving to the hospital.
By the time they got there, Elena had passed out. She was weak and he had seen it before. He made a mental note to call her aunt and her brother right after he got her in and knew that she was safe.
He scooped her in his arms, looking at her beautiful face. He hated what happened to her, it couldn't be real.
As soon as he got in, a nurse was already coming for them.
"What happened?" She asked, in her voice concern.
"I..I don't know, exactly." Damon said hesitating. Indeed, he didn't actually know what happened to her.
"Just help her, please. She seemed so weak and then she passed out and I don't know.." He was saying, panic in his voice.
"Sir..calm down." The nurse said reassuringly. "We're going to take care of her." She said.
Damon gave her a tentative smile. "Thank you."
Just then other two nurses came with a stretcher, as Damon slowly placed her on to it. He gave her one last look stroking her hair.
"Where can I wait?" Damon asked.
"Follow me, please." The nurse said softly, walking towards one of the elevators.
"First of all we're going to do her a CT, seeing if there's any concussion. And then our doctors will check her out once she's in her room." She explained as the elevator got into the second floor.
"Don't worry, your girlfriend is going to be just fine." She said, smiling.
Damon nodded numbly. Yeah, girlfriend..wishful thinking. He sat to one of the chouches of the halls, anxiety taking the best of him minute after minute.
It had already passed half an hour and he didn't have any news. He started pacing into the room, snorting in frustration. Fuck.
He then remembered that he had to call her aunt. Oh god..what was he going to tell her. And her brother! He wasn't good at comforting people, or giving news for that matter. Bad news especially.
He didn't have her number..but Elena obviously did. He quickly took her phone from the pocket of his jacket. The nurse gave it to him when they took Elena's stuff. Enlightening the screen, he noticed that she had a picture with Jamie on the background. He smiled fondly, before remembering that he had to do one of the most difficult calls of his life.
He went through her rubric, and when he saw Jenna's number, he hesitantly pressed the call button.
"Elena?" She replied at the first ring. She sounded worried.
"Ehm..actually, I'm Damon. You know Stefan's-" He started awkwardly, before being interrupted.
"Oh god..oh god, no! Oh my god what happened to my niece please tell me that she's alright." Jenna started sobbing nervously.
"Jenna, Jenna please calm down." He felt the need to reassure the hysteric woman on the other line.
He couldn't blame her, though. Being called this late from your niece's phone, just to hear a man's stranger voice could give you an heart attack. You always thought about the worst.
"I'm Stefan's brother, Damon. Elena had...something happened and now we're at the hospital. Nothing serious, though." He said.
He heard her taking a deep breath. "I'm on my way." She just said before hanging up.
He was never good at dealing with crying women.
After fifteen minutes, he saw two people pacing fastly out of the elevator. He supposed that they were Jenna and Jeremy. Since they were the only people in the hallway at the moment, he approached them.
"Jenna?" He asked tentatively.
"Yes?" She said with wide eyes.
"I'm Damon." He said, hesitantly heading his hand.
"Jenna. Jenna Sommers." She shook his hand a little bit too hard, and he could see that he was on the verge of crying again.
The guy beside her put his had on her shoulder, patting it softly.
"Don't worry Jenna. It's going to be fine, the nurse said that nothing serious happened to her." He whispered.
She nodded as unconscious tears started streaming down her face. Jeremy pulled her into a hug, sighing heavily.
He gave Damon an understanding look. "Sorry man..she's pretty emotional. You know, after everything…" He said hesitantly. "I'm Jeremy by the way. Elena's brother." He said heading his other hand out.
"I know. Elena talks about you quite a lot." Damon said, smiling tightly.
They all sat on the couches, waiting for someone to come and inform them. All this wait was killing him inside. He saw a figure approaching them..but it wasn't a nurse. At all. It was that Elijah guy.
Damon's jaw unconsciously hardened as he gritted his teeth. He had almost forgotten about him. No, actually, he completely forgot about him. Only now he remembered Elena's confession to Caroline on the phone..and his world seemed to break down once again.
He rushed towards them, glancing at Jeremy and Jenna and then suspiciously at Damon.
"How is she?" He asked.
Jenna seemed just numb and pensitive, not even acknowledging his presence.
"What are you doing here, man? I told you you could go." Jeremy said, sounding a little annoyed.
Truthfully you don't want people who aren't part of the family, or close to you, when someone you love is going through a bad moment. But then again..why didn't they seem bothered by Damon's presence, then?
Elijah gave Jeremy a hard look. "I care about your sister, Jeremy. A lot. I'm worried." He said.
He then looked at Damon. "And what are you doing here?" He asked, trying to sound polite.
Damon returned the fake smile. "Elena called me, actually. Asking me to pick her up where she's had the accident." He said firmly.
Elijah seemed honestly surprised. At that both Jeremy and Jenna's heads snapped up, looking at Damon.
"What you do mean an accident? With the car?" Jenna asked.
"The car wasn't even there when I arrived..it was probably a rubbery, I guess." Damon said, as realization of his own words hit him.
It had to be. There was no car, and Elena was clearly shocked. But they hurt her. Whoever did this hurt Elena. His heart ached in pain at the thought, once again..it was all his fault.
"I just don't understand.." Jenna said, shaking her head. "Why did she act like that? She needed the car so badly, like she had to be somewhere as soon as possibile..it was so weird." She said.
Damon was tempted to tell the truth, and tell them that she was probably coming after him, but he didn't..he would have eventually, or Elena would have, but right now it wasn't the right time.
After a few minutes of silence, Jenna spoke again.
"Damon you should probably go. You need to get some sleep..I'll call you as soon as we know something." She said quietly.
"No way." He immediatly said. "I'm waiting here."
Saying that they all looked surprised by his firm words, was an understandment. Just then the nurse showed up, and the soft expression on her face indicated that luckily it wasn't anything bad.
"Gilbert family?" She asked, as they all rose up.
"Sorry for the wait. We just wanted to let you know that she's doing great. She's asleep right now, and from the CT it resulted that she just has a little concussion and a sprained leg. Nothing major to worry about." She said. "If you want to see her, you can take five or ten minutes. Only family members are allowed now though. Unless Miss Gilbert asks for someone when she wakes up, of course." She said softly.
Damon wanted to see her so bad. To talk to her, to ask her how she was doing, if she could ever forgive him…he then looked at Elijah who seemed pretty annoyed.
"I see.." He just said.
Damon sighed heavily, knowing that there wasn't something that he could do about it. When Elena woke up, she would probably want to see her family, that dummy in front of him..
He said goodbye to both Jeremy and Jenna, who promised to let him know something as soon as possibile.
He took the elevator with Elijah, and this was most definitely one of the most awkward and annoying moments in his life.
"You and Elena seem pretty close." He said with a calm tone.
"Yeah..very much so." Damon replied with a smirk, feeling slightly possessive.
"Well I just wanted to remind you that she's with me now, so do us a favor and leave her alone." He said as he stepped outside the elevator.
Damon's jaw actually dropped open. Damn, Elijah. He seemed so polite and calm, and yet he could be such a pain in the ass. But why did he sound so worried about his relationship with Elena? It made no sense now, and if he wasn't that tired and frustrated, he would have probably had a crystal clear chat with him.
The time he got home, it was a little after 3am. Damon felt exhausted. Not just physically, but even mentally. It was just so much to take in a whole day. Not to mention that he had to pick Jamie up at his friends house at 9am. Oh, god.
He went upstairs, immediatly flopping onto the bed. He set the alarm on his phone at 7am, as he hoped to get some news on Elena as soon as possible.
In the morning his alarm was clear and loud. To make things even worse, it was even cold outside. Not to mention how he didn't fall asleep until 4am, which meant that he only slept three hours.
Damon lazily got up from the bed, snorting in frustration. After getting a quick shower and getting ready he went downstairs, making himself a long coffee. As he sipped on his cup, he got a text from Jeremy. His heart began to beat faster. So much that it was painful. With almost shaky hands, he opened it: 'Lena's still asleep. Everything's fine, I'll go home now if there's any news Jenna will contact you. - Jeremy
He sighed in relief, knowing that Elena was doing fine. He couldn't wait to see her, though. Only now he realized that if he had the chance, he would have taken back all that he said to her in the past weeks and tell her that he wanted all those things that she told him. He wanted them with her.
"Uncle Damon I really did miss you!" Jamie said again when they got home, wrapping his little arms around Damon's neck as he picked him up.
"It's only been three days, kiddo." He said amused.
"Well but I have so much fun with you and Lena.." He replied in his tiny voice. "Where is she?" He then asked.
Crap. How was he supposed to tell him? He would have fricked out if he told her that Elena was in the hospital. But on the other hand, he had no other choice. Jamie was a smart kid and he didn't want to lie to him.
"Uhm..Jam, you see, Elena's got a flu these days so she went to the hospital for a couple of days. You know..just to check things out nothing too serious." He said, trying to sound casual.
They were now in the kitchen. Jamie was sitting on a tool, waiting for Damon to cook him breakfast.
"Oh.." He just said, but Damon could see his sad face. "But she's gonna be alright, right Uncle Damon?" He asked, his voice trembling a little.
He went over him, holding him. If there was one person that he couldn't stand to see cry or be sad was Jamie…and Elena. "Of course she's gonna be alright. She'll be great, I promise." He said winking at him.
Jamie eventually smiled, and Damon was glad that he wasn't too worried. "So..pancakes or waffles?" He asked with a smirk.
"Waffles!" He replied with a grin.
While Damon made him breakfast, once in a while he checked his phone. Still nothing. Jamie returned with a proud smile on his face and a paper in his hands.
"What is it?" Damon asked with a frown.
"It's a drawing." He said, handing it to him.
As he gave Jamie his plate of waffles, he sat on a tool too. He looked at the drawing and couldn't help but smile. It was so cute.
"So..this, I suppose are Barbie and Stefan." He said smirking, pointing to the figures who were holding hands at the side of the drawing.
Damon didn't remember how much fun a child's drawings could actually be. Sometimes they were so hilarious to watch, and Jamie's one made no exception.
"Yes. And have you seen daddy's hair? I made them even more fluffier than it already is. And Caroline's one with curls, because I like her better when she has them." He said smiling.
Damon chuckled. "Well Stefan's hair is usually like Edward Cullen's one, but hey you totally made them like Goku here." He said, shaking his head amused.
"And this should be me?" He then asked when he saw a figure with black hair and blue eyes, that were drew so big that seemed two balls.
He nodded. "And this one is Elena." He said, pointing at the other figure next to him. They were holding hands? Saying that he was surprised, was an understandment.
He loved how Jamie pictured Elena though. It seemed really her just drew by a five years old.
"And how come that we're holding hands?" He asked, grinning despite himself.
Jamie leaned in, almost like he was telling him a secret.
"Because she likes you!" He whispered.
"What?" He asked.
"I'm not lying, Uncle Damon." Jamie suddenly said when he saw the confusion on Damon's face. "I heard her talking to Caroline. She said that you were sweet, something like hot even if I'm not really sure what it means..and that she liked you..a lot." He said.
That was something. He and Elena did have something. But when this conversation actually took place? He was pretty sure that Elena was over him already, that now it was just a one-sided thing that he had to get out of his damn head. But this, this little yet important thing, gave him a glim of hope.
"Jam hurry up with your waffles, so we can go check on Elena." He said, ruffing his hair and walking into the living room.
Elena woke up by a constant beep. She wasn't quite sure of what happened. Especially, where was she? As she opened her eyes, and looked around finding an asleep Jenna on an armchair, and looking down at her clothes she decuded that she was in a hospital.
Oh, crap. Jenna was going to be so mad at her for the car. Memories slowly came back as she fully woke up. Her head was pounding a little. Not to mention the pain that she was feeling from her right hip to down the leg. As she tried to rose up, in fact, she just fell on the ground like an idiot. Great. That seemed to wake Jenna up who was by her side in a second.
"Elena!" She immediatly rushed, helping her sitting on the bed. "How do you feel, sweetie?" She asked in a concerned voice.
"I'm fine, I think. It's just the hip that hurts like crazy." She said.
"I'm gonna call someone so they can give you a painkiller, okay?" She asked.
"Okay, thank you." Elena said smiling. "Would you mind helping me go to the bathroom, first?" She then asked.
"Sure." Jenna said smiling.
For how long has she exactly been sleeping? Jenna had bags under her eyes and her face was pale. She didn't sleep at all, Elena guessed.
"For how long I'm in here, exactly?" She asked.
"Six hours or so. Damon brought you here." Jenna explained, as she dragged her to the bathroom.
Damon...she was right.
"Oh, I see..where is he?" She asked in a soft voice.
Jenna raised an eyebrow at her, smiling amused. "Why do you care so much? Weren't you with Elijah?" She asked.
"What? No!" Elena spat as if she had just asked her if she had murdered someone. "We're not together, together. We're just..hanging out." She shrugged.
"Well, believe me or not, he seems to think otherwise. You had to see the glances that he threw at Damon." Jenna said, giving her a knowing look.
"Oh my god, what did he say to him?" Elena asked, her face serious.
Jenna chuckled. "Oh my, Elena!" She spat amused. "He didn't say anything to him. But you know if looks could kill.." She hummed.
Elena narrowed her eyes at a still chuckling Jenna, slamming the door behind her.
"Oh hey wait..are you sure you can make it?" Jenna asked now in a more serious tone.
"Yeah. Don't worry. Just go home..have some sleep. I'll be fine, Jenna. Really." She assured her.
Jenna seemed hesitant. "Okay..are you sure? Then I'm gonna send you a nurse, so she can give you a painkiller and help you get in bed." She said.
"Okay. See you later.." Elena said. She then opened the door, just a little to face Jenna. "Oh, and Jenna..I'm so sorry about the car. I promise you I'll buy you a new one." She said in a pained tone.
"Don't worry, sweetie. We'll deal about it another time. The important is that you are okay..oh and I'm gonna come back in the afternoon with the Sheriff. So you can explain everything, you know.." Jenna said uncomfortably.
"Sure." Elena nodded, giving Jenna a quick kiss on the cheek.
A nurse eventually helped her getting out of the bathroom, and Elena felt so uncomfortable. She hoped that this leg would have healed soon. The nurse said that she would have given her two or at last three painkillers at day, and that in a week or so the pain would have diminished.
She gently refused the breakfast, knowing how much hospital food sucked. Jenna or Jeremy would have brought her some decent things later. While reading a random magazine, she was interrupted by a soft nock on the door.
"Come on in." She said casually.
Her eyes glittering in happiness when she saw who was standing at the door. Damon.
"Damon.." She breathed.
She cursed that damn leg once again. By now she would have jumped on him already.
"Elena.." He said, and she saw the same expression on his face.
She gave him a smile as he rushed towards her, kneeling in front of her.
"I was so worried. How do you feel, baby?" He asked as he took her hand, kissing it.
Like Jenna it seemed that Damon didn't get much sleep either.
"I'm okay..just a sprained leg and a little concussion." She said. She didn't want him to feel guilty.
He squeezed her hand, looking at her with that intense gaze that melted her. "I'm so sorry. This is all my fault. I hope that you're going to forgive me, someday...and if you let me, I'll make sure that anything like this happens again." He concluded with a hesitant smile.
Elena was speechless. What was he saying, that he wanted to be with her? Or that he wanted to be her personal body guard just because he felt pity for her?
"Damon, I.." She started, shaking her head.
He shushed her. "Look..I know that you're with Elijah, and that you even love him." He said the last part with bitter in his voice. "But I just wanted to let you know that I do want all those things that you told me about…with you." He finished in a whisper, his eyes glowing, but pained.
Elena's heart actually ached with happiness. Was it even possible? That was everything that she wanted to hear. But why was Damon so sure that she loved Elijah? Crap..he had probably listened to a part of her conversation with Caroline. And she wasn't talking about Elijah.
She squeezed his hand back, and she was sure that she had never seen so much vulnerability and softness on Damon's face. It was breathtaking.
Just when she was about to tell him that he heard completely wrong, Jamie butted in.
"Lena!" He greeted cheerfully. He came over her and gave her a little soft kiss on her cheek. "I was talking to a nurse. She gave me this." He said, holding up his lollipop.
"Aw, Jam...I'm so glad that you're here too. What do you have in the other hand?" She asked, as she let him sit near her on the bed.
"It's a drawing..quite interesting." Damon said with a smirk.
She took it in her hands and chuckled when she saw how he drew Stefan. And Caroline. And then was that..Damon? And who was the girl near him, holding his hand? She looked at them both questioningly.
"Duh. That's you, Elena." Damon said rolling his eyes.
Oh my god. Elena immediatly blushed. Why would Jamie draw her and Damon holding hands in the first place? When she looked up, she found Damon still smirking at her and looking at her with that knowing look.
She wanted to talk to him so badly..but with Jamie, it was impossible.
She noticed that they were still holding hands, and she couldn't help but smile genuinely as he caressed it with his thumb.
Their little moment was interrupted when someone knocked at the door. It was Sheriff Forbes. Followed by another person..and Elijah.