PRESENT DAY: (ELENA'S POV)

The next couple of scenes were Damon having a mental break down about Madeline's murder, Katherine compelling him to stay calm and to forget about her, Giuseppe freaking out about Madeline's missing body and questioning Zac about it, Zac ran away, and Madeline's funeral, even without a body.

Elena gasped as she was suddenly sucked from her dream world couch and cinema screen. Suddenly she was back in the boarding house. She didn't realise it but she was gripping Damon's hands intensely. She barely heard herself ask the others to leave the room. Her attention was focused on Damon.

"Hey" she said, facing Damon cross legged on the couch. He couldn't meet her gaze. Elena's heart felt like it would shatter. She didn't understand why he blamed himself for this? There was nothing he could've done, Stefan had been compelled, he had the only weapon, Madeline wouldn't hurt her brothers (even as they tried to kill her).

Damon had tried, how could he have felt guilty? Elena grabbed both of his hands and ran her hands atop of his palms. If anything, in some twisted way, she was more upset about seeing Damon with Katherine than him not saving Madeline.

Elena knew he would've if he could've. "Damon" she said "Please, look at me."

Damon glanced up at her, his eyes devoted of emotion. "Elena, I-" he started but his voice cracked. Elena realised he was crying.

"Damon, oh my god i'm so sorry. It must've been so hard re-living that" Elena apologised. She moved over to Damon, sitting in his lap, wrapping her arms around him. She held him tight as Damon shook in her arms, silently shedding tears.

"Elena, i tried, i tried, i tried. I wasn't there though i, i it's my fault. I shouldn't have let Katherine get in the way. If i'd been around Stefan more, i could have, i could-" Damon faded off.

"Damon, there is nothing you could have done" Elena soothed. She rubbed circles on his back, like you would an upset child. She kept whispering that it was okay and placing kisses a top his head.

It seemed to work a bit because after a while, Damon was steady enough to speak properly and had stopped crying.

"I need her to understand" Damon said after a while "She thinks i don't care about her, she thinks she's a monster. But she isn't, and i do care about her."

Elena nodded but didn't speak, Damon clearly hadn't talked about this before,a nd she wasn't going to interrupt him.

"I saw her earlier Elena, in Stefan's room."

"What!?" Elena exclaimed, so much for not interrupting him. "Is Stefan okay?"

Damon nodded. "I was watching him. I didn't notice for a while, i think she had used her invisibility trick magic thing." Damon took a deep breath.

"The her magic must've warn off because suddenly she was there, curled up at the end of Stefan's bed. She was crying, and i reached out for her. I had to, even now it's my instinct."

"What did she do?" Elena asked, encouraging him to continue.

"She freaked out. She thought she was invisible. She started to leave and said something about Stefan, which now has me very suspicious as to whether or not Stefan is the one upstairs."

Elena stared at him. Was he serious. Of course he was, Damon wouldn't joke about something like this.

"Then who is it?" Elena whispered, fear settling into her stomach.

"Silas, the only guy i know who can be whoever he wants" Damon said.

"But we turned him to stone, Stefan went to dump his body in the lake" Elena argued.

"Yeah, and he was gone a couple of weeks longer than necessary. He could have attacked Stefan, looked through his memories and spent a couple of weeks scheming."

Elena bit her lip nervously. This didn't sound good. Not to mention it would make all too much sense.

"How do we know for sure?" Elena asked. Damon shrugged.

"Ask Madeline" Damon said. That's what Elena had dreaded. She didn't know what to think of Madeline, Damon clearly still adored his little sister. Elena understood why he did as a human, Madeline was his little sister and was very lovable for someone like Damon.

Elena like living Madeline. She was interesting and loved her brothers dearly, to the point when one of the tried to kill her she wouldn't raise a finger to hurt them.

"How do we find her?" Elena asked.

"Bonnie could do a tracking spell" Damon offered. Elena nodded.

"You got anything she can use?"

Damon nodded and Elena smiled.

"Damon, you know her death wasn't your fault. And she clearly some how survived, and kept her witch powers in the process."

That did explain Madeline's missing body.

Damon nodded, but the look in his eyes made Elena sure he didn't mean it.

"Damon, trust me, from someone looking at this with a fresh pair of eyes, i can say for certain it wasn't your fault."

Damon's eye stared into hers. They were such a beautiful blue, like the deep end of a pool. He looked like wanted to believe her, but it was clear that he didn't.

"If i thought it was your fault, would i be sitting here right now?" Elena demanded. Damon continued to stare at her, but his hard gaze softened.

"Elena, how would you feel if you watched Jeremy die?"

"Damon..."

"How would you feel? I'll tell you how it's feel. It would feel like your entire world is ending. You thought someone telling you he was dead was bad, try watching the life drain from their eyes as they get their brains blown from their while while all you can do is watch."

Elena felt tears prick at the corner of her eyes.

"Damon..."

"Elena i love you, but now that you know everything, there are just some things you can't fix. And there are some things i need to deal with on my own." Damon got up off the couch and stormed out, slamming the door behind him.

Elena burst into tears. She didn't bother going after him. It was obvious Damon wanted to be alone.

Hey guys, i've done like 3 chapters, i think thats pretty good effort :)

I hope you guys enjoy, i'd especially love to hear your comments now, i'd love to incorporate any of your ideas or little things you want to happen. Anyway, it's hard to start writing in Elena's POV again :D Especially after all this 1864 stuff. I know this chapter was short, but it was just to help you get your head back in the 'modern time' space. I hope yous enjoyed and like and favourite the story.

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