It's a quarter after one, I'm all alone and I need you now
Said I wouldn't come but I lost all control and I need you now
And I don't know how I can do without
I just need you now
Need You Now by Lady Antebellum
Chapter Four: Need You Now
Elena was up in the middle of the night and wide awake again. Except this time, Caroline wasn't there. Elena remembered Caroline saying she wasn't going to be there tonight, that she was practicing hunting at night with Stefan and if she needed her to just text her. Elena knew she needed someone right then and there. She had the worst nightmare ever. She was shaking and everything from it, but she couldn't remember what it was that had her so shaken, she just knew whatever it was, it scared her, badly. Elena turned the light on in her room and tried to calm herself down for a few minutes, but it didn't work, she was still shaking like a leaf. Elena picked up her cell phone, it was 3:30 in the morning, for all she knew, Caroline could be trying to sleep by not, but she said that she would be up all night. Elena had the text message open and everything, but she couldn't type. She could have called Caroline, but she knew what she really wanted to do. So instead of texting Caroline, she decided to text Damon. Two weeks since she had last seen him and she didn't feel right, she wanted to see him, and she could see him tonight if she got him to come over. She sent her message and waited and waited for him to answer her back. Five minutes later, Elena was still shaking like a leaf, and her phone hadn't gone off yet. Before Elena knew it, someone was opening up her bedroom window, and she visibly saw from the all back outfit, that it was Damon.
Damon turned around after shutting the window to see a very fragile and tired looking Elena sitting up in her bed, shaking like a leaf. He didn't say a word and just sat on the edge of her bed next to her and she crawled right over to him and wrapped her arms around him. He didn't mind, he knew she was scared right now, so he put an arm around her and gently rubbed her back and held her there, trying to calm her down and stop the shaking.
While he was there in her room with her, he looked and noticed the roses Jeremy was talking about last week to him, he knew Jenna wouldn't do something like that, someone gave Elena those roses and said they were from him. He wanted to ask her who brought her those, but before he could, Elena spoke first.
"Thanks for coming" Elena almost whispered to him, but she never looked up at him, she stayed right where she was with her arms wrapped around him
"You know I'd always come here for you" Damon sighed
Elena didn't say anything, she knew where that road would lead to. She wanted to talk about it too, but right now, more than anything, she wanted to just be held and feel safe from that nightmare she had. She kept trying to remember what it was that scared her so much, but she couldn't remember the nightmare still.
"So what scared you?" Damon asked finally braking the silence
"Bad dream" Elena said
"What was it about?" Damon asked
"I don't remember" Elena sighed "All I know is that it scared me"
"I can see that" Damon sighed
Elena hated the awkward silences that kept popping up, but she was the cause of them. And after what felt like ages, she looked up at Damon. She expected to see comforting in his shinning blue eyes, but all she saw was cold, dark, hallow blue eyes; Damon was a shell of himself right now, and then Elena noticed that he smelled like scotch, he was probably drunk out of his mind right now and just trying to seem okay for her. Elena slowly pulled away from Damon and got back under the covers of her bed, she didn't want to be near this Damon, she knew how this Damon acted.
Damon started at her confused, she was still shaking and she just pulled away from him and went back under the covers without saying a word and was trying to go back to sleep.
"Did I do something wrong?" Damon asked confused
"No" Elena said "I can tell your drunk"
"Well sorry the rest of us can't cope with things without drinking ourselves into a coma" Damon said and noticed the venom in his voice
Elena sat up and looked back at him in shock. "I didn't mean it like that" Elena stated
"Then what did you mean?" Damon asked, again with the harsh tone
"…Just go" Elena sighed "I'll go wake up Jenna or something" Elena said, she did not want to fight with a drunken Damon that was getting really mean really quickly
"Elena, wait" Damon said and grabbed her arm, this time Elena noticed there was no anger in his voice, he was practically having a war inside of him right now and the liquor wasn't really helping
"What?" Elena asked and turned around to face him
"…I need you" Damon pleaded
"…Damon" Elena sighed
Before she could say another word, Damon slowly pulled her closer to him and he pulled her into his lap and he kissed her. She kissed back right away without even thinking and everything just felt right again. She missed Damon, she missed him more than anything else in the world right now, and there he was, still in love with her, and still wanting her. Elena pulled away even though she could tell Damon wanted to keep kissing her, she had to stop there otherwise she would have kept going to.
"Damon…you're drunk, I'm tired…you need to go" Elena sighed
Damon didn't want to leave her, she was caving in a little, she kissed him, that was a start to winning her back. He tried to lean in and kiss her again, but she pulled away and looked at him again, she was telling him to go. Damon sighed and gently lifted Elena off of him and sat her down on her bed next to him. He kissed her on the forehead and silently left her room.
After a minute of processing everything that had just happened, Elena realized she was shaking again, so she got up and walked down to Jenna's room and knocked on her door.
"Come in" Jenna said sleepily
Elena walked in to find Jenna sitting up in bed and she turned on the light and yawned.
"Yeah?" Jenna asked
"I had a bad dream" Elena sighed "And…I kissed Damon" Elena admitted, she hated keeping things bottled up anymore, especially with Jenna since she was so understanding lately
"Oh boy" Jenna sighed "Come on, sit, tell me everything" Jenna said and patted the bed
Damon finally got back to the Boarding House and he heard Caroline and Stefan in the living room.
"I just checked his room again" Caroline sighed, not there
"Looking for someone?" Damon asked and popped into the living room
"Where were you?" Stefan asked confused and relieved at the same time
"Punishing myself" Damon sighed and went right for his scotch again
"What did you do now Damon?" Caroline asked
"Nothing. Went to go see Elena" Damon said and saw where this conversation was about to go, so he grabbed his bottle of scotch "Goodnight" He said and walked out and head for the stairs only to be stopped by Stefan
"Hand it over Damon" Stefan sighed
Damon grumbled and handed Stefan his bottle of scotch. "Let me guess, no scotch tomorrow?" Damon asked and Stefan just stared at him "And that would be a yes" Damon said "Guess I won't be seeing you tomorrow" Damon said and walked upstairs past Stefan
Stefan put the scotch back on the table where it usually went and he saw Caroline.
"How much liquor can a vampire drink before he explodes?" Caroline asked
"Apparently, a lot" Stefan sighed "He's not getting any better with us just sitting here Caroline"
"I told you Stefan, I'm not getting into their business" Caroline sighed "But, I am going home, I'll check on Elena on my way home. Goodnight" Caroline said and hugged Stefan and walked out the front door
…
Damon sat up in his room, he couldn't make himself go to sleep which was a first, especially since he was pretty sure he was on the verge of black out drunk. He knew why he couldn't sleep, it could all be summed up in one word, five letters long. Elena. He got ready for bed and under the covers and tried to get some sleep. But no matter how long he held his eyes shut, he couldn't sleep. Knowing the only way he'd be able to sleep, he held his phone in his hands and tried to decide on either calling Elena, or going to see her again. He decided on calling her since if he saw her again, he just might do something he'll regret.
"Hello?" Elena answered sleepily
"Elena" Damon said
"Damon, not now" Elena sighed
"Look, I'm sorry" Damon said
"…For what?" Elena asked curiously
"For kissing you" Damon said
"…You don't have to be sorry Damon…I kissed you back" Elena sighed
"I wanted to apologize anyway" Damon said
"Why?" Elena asked
"…I can't sleep" Damon admitted "I guess I just wanted to hear your voice"
"Oh" Elena said
"Goodnight" Damon said and was about to hang up
"Wait!" Elena said and Damon started listening again
"Yeah?" Damon asked
"Damon, I…I miss you" Elena sighed "And…I wanted to see if, maybe, we could just…hang out tomorrow"
"…Sure" Damon said and smiled a little, so he had gotten through to Elena with that kiss
"Okay" Elena said and contained her excitement as best as she could "Goodnight Damon"
"Goodnight" Damon said and hung up the phone with a smile still on his face
And as soon as Damon laid down in bed again, his eyes drifted shut and he was finally able to get the sleep he wanted.
Damon was up early this morning, and despite the terrible headache he had from a weeks worth of scotch and other liquor hitting him, he felt great. He was going to see Elena again. Stefan even let him keep his liquor today because he was in such a good mood, but he wasn't going anywhere near the stuff right now, he knew Elena hated seeing him drunk. For the first time in a few weeks, Damon felt good again.
"So, you going to meet Elena somewhere or something?" Stefan asked
"I'm gonna go pick her up" Damon said
"Have fun" Stefan said
"You too, I have no idea how you put up with blondie everyday all day long" Damon said
"She's a good person was you get to know her" Stefan said
"Trust me, I've gotten to know her pretty well in the past" Damon said with a smirk and Stefan just rolled his eyes at Damon, he let that one go, it was the first real sarcastic remark he had gotten from Damon in weeks.
Out of the blue, someone knocked on the front door to the house. Stefan looked at Damon and Damon looked at Stefan.
"For you?" Stefan asked
"Nope. You think it's blondie?" Damon asked
"She said she wasn't coming until later, her and her mom were doing something" Stefan said and walked towards the front door and answered it
"Is Damon here?" A familiar voice asked, Damon knew that voice from somewhere, he just didn't know who's voice it was exactly
Damon walked to the front door where Stefan was standing pretty shocked and slightly confused. Damon couldn't believe either who he saw standing in front of him. She looked the same as she did 100 years ago, but what did he expect, she was a vampire. Her reddish brown hair that she always kept in perfect curls was the same, just a little shorter now and with bangs. She was about as tall as Elena and had the pale skin that came with being a vampire and those piercing blue/green eyes.
"Felecia, what are you doing here?" Damon asked confused
A/N: I'm sorry, I just had to bring someone into this story that would be from Damon's past :P So since she hasn't said really anything yet, what do you think she's here for? What do you already think of her? ;)
I know your probably gonna hate me for bringing her in, just when Damon and Elana had that little glimmer of hope, in comes this new chick. Please don't kill me, I just wanted a really good cliffhanger. And I said things weren't going to be easy for them, remember? ;)
I love you guys so much! xoxo, Avril