Chapter 2-

Elena had never been lonelier in her entire life, yet she had people surrounding her trying to console her about her attempt at suicide. Elena was trying to figure out what could possibly possess her to do something so selfish. If she would have not missed and hit her heart she would have been leaving so many people behind, Stefan, Damon, Caroline, Bonnie, Matt, and Jeremy. She loved these people so much and she actually tried leaving them. She could not bear her pain so she tried resorting to something so selfish.

Everyone was in The Salvatore's living room staring at Elena with wide eyes. Almost all of them were crying. Damon was drinking his Bourbon, Caroline was sitting on the couch with her head in her hands, and Bonnie was searching through her grimiore trying to find a spell that would maybe take some of Elena's pain away, and Jeremy was standing as far away as possible from Elena, and Elena just lie there looking lifeless. Even though she wasn't lifeless, they were just waiting for her to wake up. Damon was hoping she wouldn't flip out that he gave her his blood. But he would never let Elena die, even if it meant he would die first. Elena had been in and out of consciousness for several hours, but she should be waking up any time now.

All of the friends were snapped out of their thoughts when they heard Elena open her eyes and sit up gasping for air. Elena had been holding her chest fro her dear life, she was shaking. But Elena no longer felt pain, she didn't really feel anything. She raised her head to see everyone she cared about looking at her with mixed emotions. Elena knew she couldn't look them in the eyes, she didn't want to see the disappoint she had caused all of them within a mere 2 hours.

Elena got up from where she was sitting on the couch preparing to get away from all of them, but as she was standing up she felt her self getting dizzy and loosing her balance. As she started collapsing to the floor Damon used his vampire speed to go over to the women he loved to catch her. He had caught her just in the right time so she wouldn't hit the floor. Elena stared up at him with her adorable brown eyes and both of them felt their heart flutter.

Elena couldn't deny the feelings she had had towards Damon, and Damon was never going to deny he loved this women. He was holding her in his arms and they could feel the passion radiating through their skin. Elena felt her skin burning and he moved his hands to her waist to steady her. She didn't say anything, she wouldn't say anything. But of course Damon being Damon was their to break the ice.

"I will always be here to catch you, Elena" Damon said with sorrow in his eyes

Yes, it was cheesy. But as he muttered those words she couldn't help but feel her cheeks burn. She became slightly embarrassed as she realized they had eyes on them at the moment. She could feel her friends send daggers towards the both of them while trying to figure out what the hell was going on in front of them. Stefan hadn't even been gone for a day and they were practically drooling over each other.

Caroline however stared at the both of them with disgust, everyone was aware of how much she hated Damon. He had taken advantage of poor Caroline. Caroline could not stand this horrific sight anymore, she had to do something.

"What the hell is going with you two" Caroline yelled

She seemed to have asked the question everyone was thinking, but all of them were too afraid to ask it.

Damon and Elena however were snapped out of their feelings and as if on cue they both shot their heads up to face Caroline. None of them had words to describe what was going on; they didn't even know what was going on. Elena walked away from where she was standing with Damon and made her way towards the middle of the living room trying her best to come up with a way to explain her actions.

"I know what all of you must be thinking, but I need you all to know that I was in a really bad place when Katherine said Stefan gave himself over to Klaus. I started feeling like it was all my fault and I just had no left. I felt like I had no one who cared about me, no one who could protect me. I just didn't know what to do; I was in so much pain that I just wanted it all to go away. The only way that could happen was to make it all go away. I thought it was the only way out" Elena said avoiding as much eye contact as possible.

As soon as she was done everyone started speaking all at once.

"What the hell were you thinking Elena" Caroline yelled.

"You were being completely selfish" Bonnie snapped

"How could you even think about leaving me" Jeremy whispered

However, Damon had stayed quiet. He was thinking about what would have happened if he didn't get to her in time Elena would be dead, his Elena would no longer be standing in front of him right now.

Elena just stood in the middle of the room trying to find words to say to all of her friends, but she could find any that would make the situation any better.

All she could say was "I'm sorry" and with that she dashed upstairs to Damon's room shutting the door behind her. She didn't want to see anyone right now; she didn't want them to see her break down over Stefan. Elena could hear the yelling taking place downstairs which was mostly coming from Damon and Caroline.

"How could you have let this happen Damon?" Caroline snapped while slapping his bourbon out of his hands making it crash against the floor.

"How could I let this happen? How on earth is this my fault? I am not the one that gave himself over to Klaus! Oh and I am sorry I was also recovering from dying! So excuse me that I didn't see the signs she was suicidal!" Damon yelled while grabbing her wrists forcefully.

"He did it to save you Damon! This is your entire fault and you know it" Caroline spat at his direction while yanking his grip on her wrists away.

Her words were like a slap in the face, and with that Damon realized that this just might be his fault. The realization had felt like he had got punched in the gut. Everyone in the room was staring at Damon and he didn't now what to say or do. So Damon did what he did best, he poured himself yet another glass of bourbon, and focused on hearing Elena's every move.

Elena made her way toward Damon's shower, she needed to clear her head and get all the blood off of her body. Her took off her clothes and stepped in to the shower. As she stepped in she was awakened by the water hitting her skin. She closed her eyes letting her mind wander off to the day's recent events. Elena had died then came back to life and then almost died again. Her life was anything but normal.

Elena could feel tears forming in her eyes, but this time she didn't even know what she was crying about. Her life was just complete hell, she was always in pain. Elena felt the tears streaming down her face and the next thing she knew she was against the shower wall sobbing uncontrollably. She was clutching her chest for her dear life while trying to maintain her screams of agony. She felt herself hit the floor bringing her knees to her chest and putting her head in her hands. She would remain in that position for 2 hours loudly sobbing.

Everyone downstairs was completely aware of what was going on with Elena. Yet, known of them didn't seem to know what to do or how to handle it. All of them had to listen to Elena's heartache, which made their entire hearts break. They didn't even need vampire hearing to hear what was going on upstairs. They could hear it loud and clear. But they needed to give her space and hope she didn't try to kill herself again.

As Elena was on the floor crying she could hear her mind telling her to pull herself together. Stefan was just a guy, and if he left her that would mean he obviously wasn't her epic love after all. Elena shot her head up and wiped her tears away. "I can't let myself be sad anymore, I need to pull myself together for Jeremy. It is time to forget about Stefan" Elena said to herself while getting off the shower floor.

That was that. Elena would try to not think about Stefan. She needed to pull her life together and stop crying. It felt like she had spent her entire life crying. Elena made her way out of the shower while grabbing a towel and making her way over to the bathroom mirror wiping off the fog. She saw her swollen red eyes in front of her, so she splashed water on her face ands tried to plaster a smile on her face.

She went to change into any clean clothes she could find and made her way downstairs to greet everyone.

"Hello everyone, would anybody like some coffee? I am about to make a fresh pot, I think everyone especially me could use it right now" Elena said with a brightening smile on her face.

The others just stared at her with their mouths wide open. They could not believe what they were witnessing. Just 30 minutes ago they all could hear her cries and now she was offering them coffee like nothing ever happened? All of them were thinking the same question, "What in the hell was going on with Elena"?

Since none of them seemed to have said anything to Elena's coffee offer she just shrugged and made her way into the kitchen, putting on fresh pot. She poured coffee into a mug and made her way back to the Salvatore living room and sat on the couch. The sun rays were slowly making their way into the room indicating that it was almost dawn.

"What the hell are you doing Elena"? Damon asked with a stern look on his face.

"What do you mean? I am not doing anything but drinking coffee" Elena said without a hint of sadness in her voice. She actually sounded happy. But none of them could figure out if this was all an act of not.

"Elena, please just talk to us" Caroline said interrupting Damon

"What are you talking about? There is nothing to say I am fine, so lets just drop it" Elena spat.

With that everyone shut up, having absolutely no idea what to say or do next. So they just sat and stared at Elena waiting for her next move.