I dropped Elena off at her house a little while later, we took a good ten or fifteen minutes to kiss goodnight. After that I drove home, knowing Stefan was going to try to kill me. But I didn't care, tonight, I was invinceiable.

But, when I walked in, all the lights were off.

"Stefan?" I calleed, walking around. The parlor light flicked on and our father was sitting in my chair.

"He is hunting. Which gives us time to...catch up." He had that evil look in his eyes, but this time I was ready.

He came forward and threw a punch that I caught carelessly.

"Trying to punch a vampire? Really?" He smirked and pulled a syringe out of pocket. I could smell the vervein.

"Didn't see tha coming." I said, not haveing time to move before he enjected it into me.

I fell. He kicked me in the ribs and I felt one snap. I didn't make any noise. That's why he did it, to hear me yell. He took all he could out on me, kicking, puching, beating with a belt, stabing with an ash wood dagger, and more.

I laid there when he was done, waiting until I could move again. He'd got a mussle-damn. My left arm was going to beunuseable for a little bit. I pushed myself up and stummbled up the stairs tp my room. I fell onto my bed, hurting.

I pulled my shirt off and looked down. The stab wounds hadn't healed and wouldn't for a while. My ribs had healed wrong so I had to break them again. That hurt, too.

I pulled my shirt back on and sat up. I got my phone and texted Elena.

'Can I stay there 2night?'

'y?'

'I cant stay here. I'll tell u later.'

'Yeah, come on over.'

'Thanks.'

I got up and ran as fast as I could. Elena was sitting up wth her diary when I came through the window, which I uickly closed and locked.

She closed her little book.

"You know, closing it won't help. I'll read it anyway." She smiled and walked over to me. She wrapped er arms around my neck.

"You'll only read about you." She said.

"Nothing better to read about." I said, picking her up. Her legs wrapped around my waist.

"Hi." She said, when we were at eye level. Then pressed her lips to mine. I held her there, my arm hurting like hell, even with her small wieght.

"Are you okay?" She asked. I nodded and kissed her again.

"You sure?" She asked, when I moved to her neck.

"Yeah. My arm hurts a little." I said against her skin.

"Why?"

"Just alittle vervein." I mumured.

"What?" She asked pulling back. "Why is there vervein in your arm?"

"My father." I said, going for her lips again. She pulled back.

"What did he do?"

"Nothing. It's nothing." I said walking to her bed. She let me dropher there and wekissed again. She unbuttoned my shirt and gasped.

I thought it was just the ab's but she touched something that hurt. The stab wounds.

"Damon..." She whispered. "What did he do?"

"White ash dager." I shrugged. "It's nothing."

"It doesn't look like nothing." She said. "Here, let me..."

She got up and went into the bathroom. I groaned and rolled onto my back. Elena came back with bandages and peroxide.

She poured a little peroxide on a paper towel and dabbed at the wounds. The put the bandages on them.

"Thank you." I said. 'Remind me to get you a nurses uniform."

"Ha ha." She said, climbing into bed, next to me. She laid her head on my chest.

"I love you." She whispered.

"I love you, too.