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Chapter 28

Damon wasn't expecting such an angry reaction from Judith; he looked over to Elena, unsure how she would feel about him compelling her Aunt. He rose from his chair, and walked into the hallway, Elena following him.

"Why didn't you control them?" Elena asked in a hushed voice.

"That's not what you want, you know what it felt like to be under Silvestro's control, and I know you, you don't want for them" Damon's voice was low and his words were exactly what Elena was thinking about.

"There not going to let me see you" Elena knew she would be forbidden to go near him, or out of the house for that matter.

"You think your aunt could keep me away from you?" Damon smirked; he looked down at her pocket, "Hiding something?"

"Yes, from my Aunt, not from you," she reached into her pocket and pulled out a piece of paper, "This is the first place I want to go"

Damon scanned through the paper, "Florence," he flashed his lightning bright smile at her "You want to go to Italy?"

"I want to see where you grew up, I found it on the internet it had every first born males name in Italy, it said you were born in Florence"

"Just say when and I'll take you wherever" he could sense Aunt Judith was about to come and check to see if he left, "I'll see you tomorrow" he kissed her and just when the kitchen door opened, Damon disappeared.

"Elena, in here, now" Aunt Judith said indicating the kitchen, Elena walked with her head up, looking both of them straight in the eye as she sat down at the table.

"Yes?" she asked keeping calm, trying to prevent a screaming fight that was bound to happen.

"You only met Damon, you're not going to travel God knows where with someone you don't know anything about"

"I'll be eighteen next month, so yes I can and Damon isn't someone I don't know, I love him"

"For goodness sake Elena, you're too young to know what love is"

"So I suppose you do?"

"Don't talk to your Aunt like that Elena" Roberts voice was firm, stern.

"Your going to stay here and finish school, go to university then get a good job" Aunt Judith forced.

"I don't want to live like that, like everyone else"

"Damon's not a good influence on you"

Elena couldn't take it, they just didn't understand Damon, they couldn't see the real him, the part of him that he kept hidden from everyone else. She knew he hadn't made great decisions in his life all the time, but that was something she loved about him, he didn't care what people thought but at the same time he was caring. Why couldn't they see that? Elena grinded her teeth together so she didn't say anything in haste.

"Yes, he is a bad influence" Robert agreed, "You should stay away from him"

"No, I shouldn't" Elena said her nails digging into the palms of her hands, her calm façade was about to fail.

"Yes you will, and you won't be going out of this house unless it's for school" Aunt Judith said, frantic.

"I'm not a child"

"When your living under this house you will follow my rules" Judith's voice rose.

"I wish I wasn't living here" Elena's voice was louder than Judith's as her anger poured out.

"Then just leave" Judith was shaking with anger once she said it, she looked shocked that she had.

Robert looked at Judith, he was anger at Elena too, but he never seen Judith so outraged.

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Damon sat down on the sofa opposite Stefan, "How's the 'stop Elena leaving with me' scheme going?" Damon smirked.

"I don't have to stop her, you'll do that yourself"

"How do you work that out?"

"Your in love with her, you stopped compelling humans and you started drinking from blood bags instead of straight from a human"

Damon rolled his eyes, "If I do love her, why would I not take her with me?"

"You're going to feel guilty eventually, for taking her away from her family, and for changing her into a vampire"

"I don't do guilt and I'm not going to change Elena in a vampire" Damon wanted to be with her forever but he didn't want her to hate him for changing her, she was the only one that didn't despise him.

"It's inevitable, she loves you to, I don't know why, but she does, she'll want to be with you"

Damon was going to hit Stefan to get him to shut up when the doorbell rang. Elena, he could sense her mind, he was at the door in seconds.

Elena's eyes held unshed tears; he took her into his arms as she whispered, "I'm ready"

He knew instantly what she meant, "Italy it is then" his smile lit up the whole room…