Elena had started coming around, she saw her hand in the sunlight and raised her hand slowly seeing the ring on her finger, she studied it,

"I fished it out of the river for you. Little tip, vampires hates to swim. How are you feeling?" Damon asked from Elena's window seat. Krystal had just arrived back in town and decided to stop by Elena's to see how she was doing, she cut the engine and got out, slowly she walked toward the door but stopped, she could hear Damon and Elena talking,

"My head is clear. I can remember everything but not like I lived it, like it was a really bad dream," Elena explained,

"Hm," Damon moving around,

"You saved me," Elena realized, Damon hung to her every word,

"Thank you," Elena softly,

"Well, you know what they say about teenage suicide," Damon finally moving to her bed and sitting down,

"Don't do it," Damon being himself again. It made her laugh a little,

"I cant believe I just…" Elena being interrupted,

"You weren't yourself," Damon seriously.

"Yeah, but if it wasn't for you…" Elena started out, Krystal nodded, she had gotten her answer and decided to leave them alone, she thought it would be the perfect chance to head over to the boarding house and grab her clothes while he was out. When she pulled into the drive and cut the engine, her mind wanted to think, she shook it off, she had plenty of time to think, she got out and walked in the house. She found Stefan standing by the fire with bourbon,

"Oh, hi Stefan, I was just going to get my things," Krystal heading to the stairs.

"Are you leaving?" Stefan confused,

"Um, yeah, are you alright?" Krystal asked, she took see there was something on his mind as he had stood there by the fire looking deep in thought.

"Me and Elena, I cant fight her on her decisions anymore, she wants the baby, she wants Damon, I cant make it work, I'm breaking up with her today," Stefan explained. Krystal stared at him,

"You cant leave her when she is pregnant with your kid, she needs you and your support more than ever now," Krystal seriously,

"I cant just stand by and let her have this baby when she could die, we don't know what kind of complications she could have with this baby, she could really die, if there was more information on something like this and it explained everything of what to expect then I would be open to it, but there are no situations of something like this," Stefan seriously. Krystal nodded,

"I'm sorry," Krystal hugging him, he wrapped an arm around her,

"Um, I need to pack before he gets back," Krystal pulling away.

"Why, what happen?" Stefan asked.

"Nothing," Krystal shrugged, she shook her head, here Stefan was opening up to her at least she could do the same,

"I was out for four days straight after Damon and I took care of those guys, and he wasn't there, I assumed he came to help Elena, I'm just taking myself out of the equation before I got too close to Damon, I'm fine with just being friends with him, all we are is friends, he doesn't need to worry about two girls, I can apparently handle it myself, besides, after the funeral I've decided to stay in Colorado," Krystal shrugs as she made her way up to her room and started packing. Stefan stood by the doorway,

"So that's it, you're just leaving before you've had a chance to get to know anything about any of us?" Stefan asked. Krystal stopped packing, she glanced at the bag, then looked up at the opposite wall, she closed her eyes,

"I have caused too much trouble here, I got you guys involved, and I shouldn't have, it was my problem all along, its better this way, in this world I have always been alone, and I am perfectly fine with that," Krystal sighing and continued to pack.

"Besides I am not one for small towns, my human life sucked for the most part because I got myself into trouble, I am just a freak that can see things before they happen, sometimes," Krystal mumbled. She zipped up the bag, she gave him a sad smile,

"At least I stood up to him and was able to make him suffer before I ended his life, I got revenge for myself and my parents and I'm proud that I could, you're a great guy Stefan, don't let anyone tell you different," Krystal patting his cheek.

"See you later," Stefan giving her a smile,

"Take care Stefan," Krystal leaving. She drove to her sister's house,

"Hey, come on in," Cadence holding the door open,

"Thanks for letting me crash here," Krystal having her bag with her.

"No problem, you are always welcome here," Cadence explained, she showed Krystal to her room, Krystal hung up her dress for the funeral.

"So, did you stop by Elena's?" Cadence asked.

"Yeah, she was with Damon, I didn't want to interrupted them, she's fine, Stefan's breaking up with her though, he said he couldn't make it work with her anymore, I guess her feelings changed or she changed when she became a vampire," Krystal shrugged.

"So, are you going to stay a while after the funeral and help go through mom and dad's things or do you have to work?" Krystal asked,

"I'll have to come back and work, but Christmas is a few months away, I have two weeks off for Christmas I could come then," Cadence explained.

"I wouldn't think you would want to go through their stuff then," Krystal softly.

"It would be like celebrating their memory, we could remember the good times with them," Cadence explained.

"I just thought you might want to spend Christmas with your friends here," Krystal shrugged.

"I can still have Christmas with them before I leave, you could come here and have Christmas with your new friends," Cadence suggested.

"I don't know, I think I've caused too much trouble for them," Krystal sitting on the bed,

"Come on, don't do this again, you are a vampire, I thought you wanted a fresh start?" Cadence asked,

"I do but I didn't think I would get them hurt and almost killed, they are good people, they have their own problems than getting involved with mine," Krystal explained.

"So maybe you should get involved with their problems, help them through whatever problems they have going on?" Cadence sitting with her.

"I know it sounds selfish of me since they helped me out but I just got out of my own thing, I need time to settle with that, then I will help them," Krystal explained.

"And if Damon tries to get a hold of me, I just, I need space from him," Krystal softly.

"You'll have to see him, he is paying for all this," Cadence explained,

"I'll deal with that but if he makes his way here, I'm not here, I went to hang out with Bonnie or Caroline, please, just do this for me," Krystal explained.

"Come on, you need to let him explain, he sat by your side when you were unconscious, until his brother called him, he was worried about you," Cadence explained.

"He was? It doesn't matter, he loves Elena and I'm fine with that," Krystal explained, the doorbell rang, Krystal tensed,

"I'll cover for you but you need to talk to him before you leave," Cadence seriously.

"I will," Krystal strongly, Cadence patted her leg, she walked downstairs and answered the door.

"Damon," Cadence surprised, she wasn't aware he knew where she lived,

"I know she is here, I need to explain things to her, can I come in?" Damon asked.

"I'm sorry Damon, she says she just needs space, I don't hate you or anything, you have been great to my sister, and I think she just doesn't know how to react when a guy is nice to her, but right now, its just not a good time," Cadence explained.

"Is she alright," Damon asked,

"Yeah, she is fine, she was a little out of it when she finally came around, but Caroline gave her some blood and she's good, thank you for helping her with all of that, I don't think she could have done it without you," Cadence explained.

"I wanted to help, I still want to help her start fresh," Damon seriously. She gently rested her hand on his arm,

"I wont let her shut you out, its just, right now she thinks she's caused you all too much trouble with that whole mess and feels like you guys are better off without her," Cadence explained.

"I hope she'll let me explain that her trouble is over and we can be her fresh start if she will let us," Damon explained.

"I'll get her to come to her senses and talk to you," Cadence explained,

"Thank you, can you give her this, I figured she didn't have any fresh blood, and she needs to keep it refrigerated," Damon explained.

"Alright, hey, tomorrow we are going to get started with preparations for mom and dad," Cadence explained,

"I'll send Stefan with you, I want her to come to me when she feels more comfortable in talking with me," Damon explained.

"Alright, thank you Damon for doing all of this for us and for our mom and dad," Cadence explained,

"It was my pleasure," Damon giving her a small smile, he turned and left. Cadence could see how upset he was that Krystal wouldn't see him, and she felt bad that he was hurting because of her sister, it was the first guy who ever treated Krystal decent, beyond decent. Cadence shut the door and emptied the bag that held a nice stash of fresh blood into the fridge. Krystal was watching from the window of her room as Damon walked to his new car, a dark blue older Camaro, he glanced up at her, he gave a small wave, Krystal did the same, then moved away from the window.

Really, she wasn't mad at him, she was new to town, and a new vampire, she felt as if she were stepping on toes for being here, around Damon and Stefan anyway, she was just running for her life when she and her parents were murdered, she hadn't asked for that doctor to give her Damon's blood to save her life, and in the end she had died anyway. She would feel better once she was out of Mystic Falls, then Damon could go back to loving Elena without feeling so guilty of leaving her in the dust.