Elena looked up at Damon as they both watched Stefan fall asleep. It had been hurting her so much seeing him in such incredible pain. And she was so grateful that Damon had come to get her so they could both help him.

She shifted her body, still having him leaning on her and her stroking his hair. His breathing had slowed some and she was so glad he was not hurting. She had not put together that blood would have helped, but it made sense.

She would have given him some of her own if she could but she had been fed on a lot in the last day and was still determined to refuse Damon's blood to replenish her strength. She knew he was not happy with her decision to not accept his blood to heal her and strengthen her but she was grateful he was respecting her choice.

Elena marveled at how much her love had changed in such a short time. He used to do whatever he wanted; always putting her first and not caring about anyone else. But slowly she had seen how much he had been respecting her, seeing him caring for others too and letting her make decisions. He had grown a lot from all they had been through. She looked up at him, just standing by the window looking down out onto the dark expanse of the front yard.

She watched him walk back from the window and pick up the bottle of bourbon and pour himself some. He swirled it in the glass and lifted it to his nose before he swallowed it and she watched him wince at the burn it must have given him as his adam's apple moved down his throat.

She saw the muscles in his shoulder blades flex as he turned to look back out the window. She followed the smooth lines of his chest as he stood there just staring outside.

Elena's head went down avoiding his eyes, the second he turned his face to her. She watched him, mesmerized at the twitches across his chest as he stood there. She felt the breath in her lungs depleating as she struggled to take a deep breath but while still not disturbing Stefan's sleep.

She saw his lips purse as he held the curtain open with his one hand. She followed the strong line of his jaw to the long, smooth and salty skin of his neck. She swallowed and leaned her head back against the head board. Her eyes wanted to fall back closed and just fantisize about him having his way with her right now again. But she shook herself back out of that dream for now.

She was helped Stefan sleep but who was to say that she could not imagine what he could do with her. Her gaze slid to his strong shoulders and she nearly let out a whimper as she imagined those sexy, muscular shoulders as she dug her nails intp them, leaving him dripping blood down his arms. She loved it when he caged her in underneath him as they made love. She felt like he was protecting her from the world in that position. From any threat for anywhere, he was ready.

Then continuing her Damon Salvatore tour she licked her lips as she ran her eyes down his smooth, hard abs that she could see were glistening in a fresh sheen of sweat. She saw he was wearing one of her dad's pajama pants and the deep v of his pubic bone was so teasing her senses wild with how much she wanted him.

"Elena?"

She snapped her gaze back up and saw him looking at her with a hint of amusement. His eyebrows were raised in curiousity. "Just admiring the view, honey," she said sweetly to him.

He smiled at her loving the intensity of her eyes on him. He longed to know what she was thinking. "Oh, by all means. Don't let me stop you," he whispered.

She grinned back at him. "Oh you wouldn't be able to stop me," she teased him.

He nodded to her and looked down at Stefan still looking like he was relaxing. Damon was happy that his brother was finally not feeling any pain. Hearing him break down in front of him was probably as deeply as they had let each other in, in their lives. He had wanted to hold onto him and taken his pain away if he could have. Stefan crying beside him, so vulnerable, so real and so broken had been heart wrenching. And Damon was thinking of all the time they had lost being stubborn and fighting over the last century...mostly over a woman too. They had missed so much time that they could have been brother's.

He was lost in his thoughts as he continued to stare out the window. Suddenly his vampire night vision picked up a figure slipping out the door of the garage/shed. He squinted more and saw the flash of blonde hair as the person just stayed there against the door and it looked like she had cut her wrist open and then stood up a few moments later, looking around. What the hell was she up to?

"Caroline," he whispered. He turned back to Elena. "I'll be right back, baby." He grabbed the t shirt he had borrowed from Elena's dad's room and slipped it on and then bent to give her a quick kiss. "You can oogle me more later."

She stuck her tongue out at him, but then quickly accepted the warmth of his lips and ran her hand down to his cheek to his jaw. She smiled at him and he smiled back before he turned and blurred out the door. She was still stroking Stefan's face keeping him relaxed and laid her head back against the wall and closed her eyes.

Damon had left a full vervain syringe on the bed beside her so she knew that she would be safe. She wrapped her fingers around it and let herself relax. She was still so tired and knew that more sleep would certainly not be a bad thing. It still looked to be so early in the morning that the sun was not even a sliver of light in the sky.

She shifted herself around again a bit more trying to get comfortable with Stefan more or less laying across her lap against her and waited for sleep to claim her.

Elena had barely shut her eyes when she heard a soft knocking on the open door and she lifted her head. She smiled when she saw her brother standing there. He stepped further into the room till he was standing beside them. "Hey Jer. How are you doing?"

He sat down at the bottom of the bed and she could see his brain was really struggling to grasp what he was seeing.

"Jer, it's okay. Damon and I are trying to help Stefan. He is in so much pain and he might not even last the night." She nearly choked up at the thought of him just gone from her life forever. She sniffled and wiped her nose with her hand. "He is in the last stages of what happens from the werewolf bite. The poison is trying to shut down his organs one by one. And blood seems to be the only thing that helps."

She felt Stefan moving around and she ran her fingers down his face and into his hair again and his breathing slowed again. She looked back up at her brother. "He is finally not in any pain. Damon fed him his blood before and it seems to be helping him relax."

Jer half chuckled. "Well that makes sense. Katherine had a blast soothing her bite symptoms chomping down on my neck, like every few minutes last night. I would be dead if it wasn't for your boyfriend."

He saw her looking at him strangely. "Damon, I mean. Yeah sis, I'm up to speed on your love life. Trust me." He rolled his eyes and rubbed his hand over his face.

Elena hid a smile that wanted to spread over her face. Her brother was most definitely the one that was probably the most aware of her and Damon's sextivities in the cabin.

She contemplated correcting him on his title for Damon, but thought the better of it for now. "I'm glad you are okay Jer. I was so scared for you when Katherine dragged you out of here." she murmured. "I wanted to go to you and stop Katherine but I was so weak too."

"Yeah it's okay El. I know you would have if you could. Downside... I'm swimming in vampire blood, but other than that I am okay. Bon and I made a decision yesterday that neither of us would accept vampire blood in life and death situations. It's just too risky. And now look at me. I mean hey, if I had my ring I would not be so nervous but I don't have any idea where it could be. I don't even remember Klaus compelling me to stand in front of Damon's car."

Elena sat up more, wishing she could hug him but she really wanted to keep Stefan sleeping. "I'm so sorry Jer. I am. Just give it a day or so and that blood will be all out of your system and then you never have to have any again. I'm sure Bonnie understands."

She realized that she hadn't seen her friend in hours and told herself she would go check on her in the morning for sure. "How is Bonnie?"

She felt Stefan's arm that was laying by his side slide up around her waist and she stayed still, wondering if he was still sleeping. He had been so used to nights beside her and could curl up around her when he snuck in her room for night or if she spent the night at the boarding house.

Elena saw Jer staring at her, a wary look in his eye as Stefan's hand curled around her hip and then was still again. "I know, it is kind of awkward, Jer. But Damon knows I am here helping Stefan relax. He was crying and saying his insides were on fire, he was in so much pain before. So it means the world to me that I can help even just in this little way to ease his suffering."

Jeremy frowned at her but looked like he understood. Burying his hands in his pockets he voiced his concern. "Are you sure, sis? I mean I am not totally sure what this freakish disease does, but if I had not come into your room before... this innocent, sleeping vampire could have killed you. Katherine too. I ripped him off your neck. How do you know you are safe with him?"

Elena had very little memory of what happened once she had felt Stefan's fangs in her neck when he thought she was Amber. She had gotten dizzy so quickly and her vision was already fading as she had seen her brother open the door and race toward them. Then it all went blank as she fell unconscious from the blood loss.

"Damon left me vervain in case Stefan wakes up hungry or angry again. I will be fine, I promise. But you have no idea how grateful I am that you saved me then. Damon too thought you were so brave." She smiled at him. "Katherine, I think none of us have to ever worry about again. She is getting some major payback."

Jer smirked back. "Yeah I heard," he motioned to the outside and he must have heard Klaus torturing her last night. "But do you have any idea why I would be hearing her in my head?"

Elena sat up more, surprised. "Like a dream?"

Jeremy shrugged. "Maybe. I can't remember if I was dreaming. All I remember is the bitch calling to me. It was really strange. That was what woke me up before I think. Oh and do you know where more blankets are? I almost forgot what I had come up here looking for." He yawned and ran his one hand through his hair. "Bonnie was so cold and shivering and I told her I would look for another warm blanket."

"In there," she pointed. "This closet has a few left. We have used some and left them in a pile in there. But there should be a few more folded up and clean." She watched her brother stand up and walk toward the closet and open it.

"Thanks a lot Ellie. Bonnie is doing okay. Better than before and she isn't waking up freaking out every few hours that you are in danger. She was saying the weirdest things, but now when I asked her about it earlier she had no idea what I was talking about. Must be the head injury. She hit her head really hard on the tree when Klaus threw her. The bastard.

Elena nodded remembering. "I'm glad she is feeling better. What was she saying anyway?"

Jeremy leaned against the closed closet door and looked like he was trying to recall. "It was really weird, El. She was saying that Klaus would take them. And that you couldn't be with them. That he would not stop. Then when I ran in here earlier, it was the first time she said even slightly a clear sentence. But once I saw you being fed on and then Katherine nearly drained me dry, I didn't remember to tell you."

Elena's eyes went wider as she studied him. What could be so dangerous that Bonnie was frantic to tell her. "Do you remember now?" she asked him, trying to stretch her arms on either side of her from the stiffness of being crushed by Stefan's body. Her muscles were aching.

"Yeah, I think so. My memory is a little fuzzy on account of the lack of blood and then vampire blood on top of that. So my thoughts are a little tangled up. But she said something like Klaus was opening the door to the impossible and that we had to save them from Klaus taking them. It sounded like a sentence but I still didn't understand it."

Elena ran the sentence over and over in her head as she stretched her arms up over her head and arched her back. Her movement must have startled Stefan and he moaned, moving his head back and forth. She shifted her body keeping his head down before he opened his eyes and undid all that Damon and her had done to help him. "It's okay Stefan. I'm right here. Just relax." She ran her fingers through his hair again.

Jeremy's eyes were on her when she looked back up. "Be careful with him," he indicated of Stefan. "And try to get some more sleep, kay? Oh and do you think you could ask Damon about the weird Katherine thing?" She nodded at him and smiled as he bent to kiss the top of her head before he headed out of the room.

"Sure, I'll ask him. Night, little brother. Give Bon a hug for me would you?" She smiled again and he smiled back holding two blankets in his arms and turned back to the door. Elena felt an odd pang of pain and could not explain it.

"Jeremy!" she called back to him. He turned back around.

"I love you," she whispered.

Jeremy smiled again, his hair falling in his eyes."You don't have to get all big sister protective on me. I'm just going down the hall back to Bonnie. I'll be fine."

"I know," she said quickly knowing she was worrying for nothing. He was fine. "I'm just sorry you got dragged into my mess with Klaus. I never meant for either of you to get hurt."

Jeremy strode back in the room and kissed the top of her head again. "I know sis and I don't blame you. And I'm fine. All healed up, see. Thanks to Damon." He lifted his neck to show her no signs of the vampire bites, but his expression softened as she still looked so worried. "Stop worrying. I love you too." He blew her a kiss and then was out the door.

Damon had swung the door open vaguely aware that Jeremy was walking across the kitchen. But he ignored him and raced out onto the porch. "Caroline!" he hissed into the night air. He saw her turn as she had looked like she was headed away from the cabin, probably back to Klaus. He turned to see Elijah by his side and looked up at him.

"Hey," he said casually. "Can't sleep much either?" Damon saw Care turn back toward them and he motioned with his hand for her to come closer.

Elijah cleared his throat and adjust his shirt collar. "Yes Damon. It has been that kind of night. Too much on my mind I guess. I went for a walk earlier, all the way around the lake. My brother was still busy with Katerina so he was none the wiser. And he doesn't appear to have anyone else here to guard us." He leaned back against the wall of the porch, crossing his legs casually at the ankles. "You?"

Damon looked back at him smiling wryly. "Yeah, lots on my mind too. Save the damsel, defeat your brother, save mine...just a typical night for me."

Caroline stepped onto the porch and regarded both men. "What do you want, Damon?"

He crossed his arms in front of him. "I want to know what you were doing visiting the evil Kitty Kat?"

Caroline drew in a deep breath.

Damon pointed to her hand. "And why do you have blood on your wrist. What are you up to and whatever it is..." With a glint in his eye, he grinned at her. "I want in."

Caroline sighed and leaned against the railing. "I'm trying to save your brother!" she blurted out.

Damon's eyes went wide and he stepped closer. He lifted her hand up seeing where she had cut it open. "Pretty sure your blood will not save him, Blondie."

She shook her head. "No, I know that Damon. I just did that to trick Katherine.'

Damon's brows furrowed. "What does Kat have to do with helping Stefan? She has a bite of her own and is dying too. And not fucking soon enough for me."

Elijah turned toward him. "No. But we know whose blood can save your brother."

Damon's blue eyes could not have been wider if he tried. "You do? Both of you know?" His eyes darted back and forth between them and saw Caroline smile at him, nodding.

Elijah stepped closer. "Yes, while you were healing young Jeremy and getting him back to his witch friend last night, Katerina had almost killed the lovely Caroline. She had demanded Niklaus tell her how to cure a werewolf bite. And he had ripped open his wrist and told her his blood could heal her."

Damon leaned back against the wall in shock. That Original ass could heal Stefan? His blood was the cure?

Caroline nodded again. "And I have him right where we want him and I can get it for you. I can get his blood to heal your brother, Damon."

"Oh my God," he gasped out. This seemed too good to be true. Stefan had made him promise that he would not go after the cure himself and that he needed to stay and protect Elena. But if vampire Barbie was going to get it for them then that could not be better!

Caroline smiled at both of them. "I offered Katherine a deal and she is willing to hand over the moonstone in exchange for me getting her Klaus' blood."

Damon opened his mouth to object. There was no way that bitch deserved to be healed. Hell, he wanted to kill her himself after what she had done to Elena and him.

Caroline held up a finger. "Just relax Damon. I only said that to get her to give up the stone. I am not going to heal her. Ha never! I'm just making her think that I am getting the blood for her. But instead I will give her the vial of my blood and still get the stone anyways! Perfect huh?"

She was beaming at how smart her plan was. "That was why you saw me cut open my wrist. I going to give her that instead."

Damon laughed low in his throat. This could not be working out better. Maybe his brother would get to come to their wedding after all. He looked up beside him and saw that Elijah looked impressed too.

Damon turned back to her. "So how Blondie, are you actually able to get big bad vampire's blood? I mean, it's not like he will just let you heal Stefan. He probably isn't very vulnerable to vervain either."

Elijah nodded at that, confirming to Damon that Originals must be much stronger in more ways than they knew.

Now it was Caroline's turn to laugh. "Um, I don't need any of that..." She lowered her head hardly believing she was going to be telling anyone about their intimacies. "I have him tied up in the car right now...waiting for me.

Both Elijah and Damon's eyebrows shot up in disbelief!