A.N. Enjoy!

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After awhile, they just sat there, nothing but the fire crackling and the odd car going by. What was suppose to happen, that they didn't know.

"How long has she been like this?"

"Since she was 6, but after the accident it got worse." They sat in silence until they heard a crashing noise. They briefly looked at each other before running up the stairs to Elena's room.

"YOU LIED! YOU BROKE OUR PROMISE!" Opening the door they saw Elena shouting at the wall holding the other lamp. "YOU BROKE OUR PROMISE!" She aimed at the wall again to throw the lamp when she felt someone holding her arm. Whipping her head around she saw Damon. He slowly took the lamp, while Caroline started to clean up the glass on the floor. "he broke our promise..." She looked back to where Jeremy stood, with a sad look on his face.

"I'm sorry Lena'."

"you don't get to be sorry..." She let go of the lamp and let herself fall to the floor. Damon put the lamp behind him on the floor so she couldn't grab it. He looked back at Caroline unsure of what to do when she nodded. Slowly he brought her into a hug. At first she refused trying to get away but he only held her tighter until she relaxed. "he broke our promise..." He started to rub her back as she started to cry again. He picked her up and started to leave the room walking down the stairs into the living room. He sat down bringing her onto his lap, and wrapping his arms around her. After a while she calmed down and the sobs stopped but the tears still fell.

"do... do you know?" She lifted her head just high enough to see his chin.

"Yea." Sighing she held on tighter to his shirt. Hoping he wasn't going to disappear.

"You're here right?" Giving a soft laugh he nodded.

"Yea... I'm here Elena."

After awhile she fell asleep tears still falling, but she was holding onto Damon's shirt. Caroline came down with a small bag full of glass.

"thanks..."

"anytime... hey.. I have a question for you." He tried to move so he could stand up, but Elena only snuggled in closer. Caroline gave a soft giggle and kneeled in front of him, moving Elena's hair out of the way.

"ask away.."

"can I bring her to my cottage? It's in town, just on the outskirts, maybe it will help. You can come to, there's tones of rooms." She stared at Elena for a bit before sighing.

"i'll pack her things you try to nicely wake her up." He nodded and waited for her to be upstairs before trying to wake Elena up.

"Hey.. sleepy head..." She mumbled something incoherent and covered her face with one of her hands, causing him to laugh.

"five more minutes." This caused him to laugh harder.

"I've got a surprise for you." Sighing she looked up at him through sleepy eyes.

"What kind of surprise?"

"That would ruin the surprise now wouldn't it?" Laughing he picked her up and started walking to the door setting her down and grabbing her shoes.

"He likes you..." She whirled around to see both Stefan and Jeremy standing there with smug grins on their faces.

"You also know what said person did." Damon just shook his head and grabbed her coat.

"No we don't and neither do you. Give him a chance. He's giving you one." She looked at her hands then back up at them, and nodded. Once her shoes and coat were on she saw Caroline coming down with two suitcases. She smiled.

"You coming?"

"Of course, who else would take care of you?" Caroline winked and giggled as she handed one of the suitcases over to Damon.

"Oh! Did you pack-"

"Your walkman? Yes."

"And th-"

"Term papers, and a few other necessities. Yes and yes, oh, here's your bag." Elena smiled, she truly liked Caroline. She was one of the few people who were genuine.

"You gals ready?" Damon smiled at them, exchanging a mischevious look with Caroline.

"Is there something I'm missing?" She looked at the both of them and they only smiled.

"Time to go." Damon grabbed one of the suit cases and started to leave.

"Well... What if I don't want to?" She crossed her arms and gave a daring smirk.

"Well, then I have to do this." He set the suit case down giving a nod to Caroline.

"Do wh-" He grabbed her and lifted her over his shoulders and started walking, he grabbed one of the suit cases and began walking to the cars. "Damon! Put me down!"

"Are you going to walk?"

"No!"

"Well then you're stuck like this." He kept walking until they got to the cars, he turned around to face Caroline. "Which car are we taking, or are we taking both?"

"Hmmm, lets take both just in case. I'll take all the stuff you take her, I'll follow." He waited until Caroline's car was loaded before he walked over to his and placed Elena in the passenger seat. They started driving away from her house and the school and this only made her more anxious.

"Where are we-"

"Not telling, you'll see." He smiled at her and kept driving. After awhile the scenery changed, There were less houses and more tree's and forestry, soon there were no houses and just tree's.

"How much longer?" She stared out the window loving the view.

"You don't remember do you?" She turned around to look in the back seat to see Jeremy sitting there looking out the window. He pointed out the window which caused her to look ahead. They had pulled into a long dirt driveway that was winding and curving with the land. Out of no where a large house appeared, it was a an old Victorian house. The soft out door lights were everywhere casting shadows, with flowers every where. It was beyond anything she had seen.

"It's beautiful..."

"It's my home away from home." Damon stopped the car just in front of the garage. Caroline slowly pulled up beside them as they were getting out of the car.

"This place is amazing."

"Wait until you see the inside." They smiled and grabbed their luggage, walking behind Damon as he unlocked the door the girls exchanged glances, they were beyond excited. He walked in turning on the lights as they went. "So, do you want to find your rooms first or wander around?"

"Rooms." The girls were excited. Laughing he waved them to follow him up the stairs. "This is my room, this is my brothers old room, and those are three spare rooms down the hall you can choose any one." They walked down the wall, Caroline liking the room with one wall with all different flowers and art work. Elena placed her luggage down and walked down the hall admiring the wood paneling and the art around the hall ways. She looked into the first two rooms, and nothing stood out to her, the last room was closer to the stairs, walking in she lost her breath. The room was dark red and dark brown wood trimming around the room with tall ceiling. The bed was off to the the left just under the window. She immediatly liked it. Walking in she saw the closet and the bathroom. What caught her curiousty was the extra door in the room. She slowly opened it and lost her breath again, it was another bedroom, almost identical to the room she was in, but the decor was the best she has ever seen. Walking in she touched the small trinkets that were every where, and the books that looked so old, and used.

"This is my room." She jumped and turned around to see Damon standing in the door way that lead to the hall. A small smile tugging on the corner of his lips.

"It's beautiful." She smiled and went back to looking at the books. She picked one up and looked at the pages. They felt old, and well used.

"That was my mother's favourite book." She smiled and looked it over there was no title, or name.

"Whose it by?"

"It's her first and only book, she never gave it a title, saying she wanted to leave it to the persons imagination."

"She sound's lovely."

"She was, beautiful too, and kind. Best cookies ever." This cause her to laugh and look up to see Stefan standing there against the bookshelf. "He hated anyone in his room, yet here you are."

"She must have came in here." Stefan only shook his head.

"No, he espcially didn't like her in here. She always tried to change the look. Take his things."

"Why, it's so beautiful." She looked around again to see Damon staring at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Sorry..." He walked towards her.

"Why are you sorry?" She looked back at the book and placed it back on the shelf, lingering her fingers there for only a moment.

"Because it must seem weird. Me talking to the air." She looked back at him, tears stinging her eyes.

"It's weird sure, but I'm more intrigued." This cause her to give a puzzling look.

"Intrigued? By what?"

"Who you're talking to." This caused her to look away, down at her hands she started to fidget.

"It's best if you didn't know..." He reached out to touch her hands to stop them from shaking, he took his other hand and raised her head to look at him.

"I want to know." She gave a soft smile and let a few tears escape.

"You sure?"

"I'm already in this far." They both gave weak smiles.

Sighing, she took a deep breath in, and closed her eyes. "It's... It's Stefan, mainly, but now its Stefan and Jeremy." She opened her eyes to see Damon's sad face expression. She grabbed onto his wrist that was still holding onto her chin. "I've been seeing and talking to him for almost 6 years, just after... just after his accident..." She let go of his wrist and looked away. A few minutes go by and they just sttod there neither one saying anything. "I'll see you in the morning." She started walking away and went through the door that linked their rooms, she turned and saw him standing there in front of the book shelf, slowly the shut the door. She went to get her bag from the hall to bring it into the room. After she unpacked she thought she would go say good night to Caroline. Walking down the hall she could hear the faint music coming from one of the rooms, peaking her head through doorway to see Caroline dancing her heart out.

"Having fun?" Caroline jumped and giggled when she saw Elena standing in the doorway.

"Hey, yea, I started unpacking then I found my ipod." She looked over Elena and noticed she looked sad. "You ok?"

"Yea. Just came to say goodnight, kinda tired."

"Alright, you need anything come get me ok?"

"Thanks Care." Giving her a hug she walked back to her own room. She changed into her pajama's which consisted of a light blue tank top and purple stripped pants. She laid in the bed bringing the blankets up to her chin. The only light coming through was the moonlight. She stared out the window. For once she didn't know what to do. Tears started to fall again but she made no sound.

"What's wrong Lena'?" She turned over to see Jeremy laying beside her, like they used to when they were kids.

"Jer... I don't know what to do."

"Lena', you know what to do, you're just holding yourself back. Why?" Wiping the tears she sighed.

"Look what he did to Kat..."

"Lena' you keep forgetting what she did to him."

"You forget what she did to me..." She stared at him for a few minutes gathering her thoughts. "She knew I liked him since we first met. She went behind my back Jer! Why would she do that? Why would she take what was important to me away?" She let the tears fall harder this time, she felt her brother hold her while she cried. "She knew I loved Damon, but she still did it. Then she tells me she cheated! Why Jer? Why?" She cried harder.

"Because she was jealous that you loved something more than her." She kept crying. She didn't realize she was crying so loud until she could vaguely hear someone calling her name. This only caused her to hug her brother tighter. "Give him a chance, just one to prove himself." She nodded, she wanted to do one more thing for him. He let go of her and she cried harder and louder. She then noticed another pair of arms were around her, she opened her eyes to see a pink shirt in front of her, looking up she saw Caroline looking at her with concern. She only cried harder, and Caroline tried to calm her down. She heard some talking but she didn't hear the words. The bed shifted and she watched Caroline move out of site only to see Damon sitting beside her. She immediately grabbed onto him and hid her face in is shirt so she could cry harder. He brought her closer and rubbed her back, and slowly she calmed down. After awhile she yawned earning a small chuckle from Damon. He started to move away when she grabbed his shirt tighter. Getting the hint he moved back and wrapped his arms around her. Soon she was dozing off, she could feel him moving again causing her to grab onto him again.

"I'm just moving to get comfortable." She let go very hesitatantly. He got under the covers and brought her over so she was laying on his chest. She wrapped her hand in his shirt, just to make sure he was still there.

"Talk to him Elena..." She could hear both Stefan and Jeremy pushing her to talk.

"how... how much did you hear?" The tears started to fall again and he started to play with her hair, which calmed her down.

"Your end of the conversation." She could only nod in response, making him give a reassuring squeeze. "I'll always be here Elena. I'm not going anywhere." She lifted herself up to see his face, she knew her face was a mess but she needed to see his face.

"You promise?" She studied his face, and he was confused and concerned.

"I can't promise the future, but I can promise I will be there so long as I'm alive." Thinking it over she liked his answer, sure it wasn't what she wanted to hear, but it was what she needed to hear.

"Ok.." She laid back down, not moving from her original spot. He brought the blankets up around them and they let the silence take them, she was just about to sleep when she heard her brother.

"I'm proud of you Elena."

"I love you."

"Don't let him go, he loves you."

"Bye Lena'"

"Bye Jer." With that she fell asleep.

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Don't worry this isn't the end of the series, there is more to come, I just wanted some sort of 'backround'? I guess. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, I enjoyed writing it. Let me know what you think and thanks for reading!