I stood there frozen with my eyes locked on Stefan as Damon left the room. I could swear the only sound in the room was my heart wrapping against my chest. I studied the features of Stefan's beautiful face. A beautiful face that I knew once to bring me comfort and happiness. Instead I found myself with the sickened twisted feeling in my stomach and a strangled feeling of my heart trying to find it's way back to it's other half. However it failed. One half belonged to Stefan and the other, to Damon.

"I'm sorry." I finally said weakly.

Stefan looked to the floor, his lashes casting troubled shadows across his cheekbones.

"Are you sorry because this was a mistake, because you got caught up in the moment, maybe because Damon pulled off yet another intoxicating show and you fell for it? Or, are you sorry because......because you love him?" He said with heartbreaking sadness in his voice.

I couldn't help but to flashback to everything that had just happened to me. Damon's piercing blue eyes, his soft hands running across my body, and the vulnerable but gentle side of him I had never seen. I also knew that the way I felt right now was something I couldn't explain, not even if someone was standing right in front of me waiting for an explanation. I wanted to run into Stefan's arms. I wanted him to hold me close to him and play with the ends of my hair the way he usually did. I wanted everything back to normal. I also wanted to hold Damon as close as I could, feel his mouth searching for mine, I wanted to be able to promise he could always count on me to be there by his side no matter what. Damon's hard exterior had been peeled away for the first time in decades because of me, I suddenly felt so much pain in my heart I began to feel sick.

"I don't know anything right now Stefan, except that I'm truly sorry you're hurting right now."

He cringed at my explanation.

"I thought you loved me Elena." He almost whispered frantically taking a few steps toward me. I could barely handle this. Stefan's soft sweet features were twisted into genuine hurt.

"I do love you Stefan, I wasn't lying when I said that. I swear I love you." I realized I was speaking through tears, my voice coming out scratchy and worn. He shook his head violently.

"Then how could you DO this to me!" His voice raised. I couldn't take it anymore. I broke into sobs.

"That's enough." I heard Damon's voice suddenly. He sauntered back into the room. I watched as he crossed the room in an unusually slow manner and made his way over to me. I froze where I stood stuck in the haze between heartache and butterflies bursting around in my stomach. Damon's face had reformed into it's usual iced over expression. He reached up and wiped the tears away that had stained my face. His expression melted for a few seconds and became the sweet soft look I had seen earlier. I wanted to reach up and brush his dark hair from his eyes. I wanted to wrap myself in him and just not worry anymore.

"Get away from her Damon." Stefan warned in a low even voice. Damon's eyes narrowed and the ice reformed. He turned from me to face Stefan.

"I will get away from her Stefan, but you will stop standing here taking all this out on her. This discussion is for us brother. There's no need to upset her right now." Damon answered. There was no sarcastic undertone, no bitterness and insensitivity. It was a tone of voice that was so sincere and new to my ears.

Suddenly I just felt like I wanted to be out of there. I couldn't handle the feeling of my heart trying to separate and fly off into two different directions. The hurt I had caused them both was murder to me. I saw Stefan's face relax into his usual soft and kind features and the only thing left as he peered at me over Damon's protective shoulder was concern and love for me. How could I do this to these angels. These dark angels that I loved so much.

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