Disclaimer: I don't own the Vampire Diaries or any of its characters.
A/N: Sorry for that awfully long wait, school has been crazy lately. The only break time I have is every Thursday at 8 (:
Elena sighed as she sat down at her table in the Grill, waiting for her order to arrive. She had a busy day packing her belongings in order to move in with Damon and was starving after the ordeal. Damon had gone with her to her old house for support but let her go to the Grill by herself, saying that he had some business to attend to and that he would meet her there later.
She scanned her surroundings, hoping to see some of her friends but all she saw were some familiar faces from school, no one she really wanted to talk to. She immediately froze when the door opened and she saw Dominick walk in, along with Tony and a few other people from their troublemaking group.
"No" Elena thought as Dominick spotted her. An evil smile formed on his face as they made their way over to her table. Elena's breathing automatically increased; every step they took towards her caused her to hyperventilate even more.
"I just wanted to thank you again for Saturday, I had a great time" Dominick said as he stroked her cheek, the contact causing tears to form in her eyes.
"We should have an encore performance soon" Tony taunted as he sat beside her and rested his hand on her thigh.
Elena was repulsed by their presence; every touch was a reminder of the awful night. The rest of the guys in the group laughed at her response, they seemed to enjoy her fear.
Damon entered the Grill and saw Elena at the corner surrounded by a group of guys. He growled as he heard Dominick boasting about how he raped Elena to his friends. Damon immediately made his way over to them and caught sight of Tony's hands on her.
"What the fuck are you doing to her?" Damon said in an angry tone as he pulled Elena behind him.
"Fucking her" Dominick replied with a smirk, making his friends laugh. Their laughter quickly died down at Damon's threatening expression.
"Why don't you and I take this outside? Let's see how much you're willing to protect your precious Elena. In fact, why don't we go to me and Elena's love spot?" Dominickk said, not wanting his friends to think that he was intimidated by Damon.
"Gladly" Damon said with his own malicious smirk. He had spent the last few days contemplating Dominick and Tony's slow and painful death, he would have ripped their hearts out then and there, but he didn't want Elena to see, knowing that she would be traumatized by the violence.
"Stay here until I return" Damon said to Elena before heading out of the Grill with Dominick and his friends. As they made their way to the woods, Dominick planned to beat and stab Damon with the help of his friends. He was oblivious that Damon was a vampire that had the strength to decapitate him with his own bare hands.
As soon as they were deep into the woods, Damon punched Dominick in his face, breaking his jaw.
"That's for talking shit about her," Damon said in a disturbingly cool voice as Dominick fell to the ground, yelling in pain. Damon kicked him and broke several of Dominick's ribs. The group of men looked on in horror as Damon proceeded to rip off Dominick's genitals before snapping his neck.
"This is for touching her" Damon said in the same tone as he ripped off Tony's arm and before giving him the same treatment he gave Dominick. Damon caught up to the other three men that were part of the group and drained them of their blood before they had a chance to run away. Acting quickly, Damon burned their remains to hide the evidence.
As soon as he snapped out of his murderous persona, he headed back to the Grill to find Elena. He scanned the restaurant trying to find her but he did not see her there. He turned to leave before he heard faint crying coming from the bathroom. He forced his way into the locked bathroom and saw sitting in a corner.
"Damon?" Elena said as she looked up and saw him.
"I'm here Elena" Damon said as she got up and hugged him tightly.
"Did you…?" Elena said, before trailing off. She shivered thinking about what Damon might have done to Dominick and his group.
"You don't have to worry about them anymore Elena" Damon merely said. He didn't want to give her the gory details of the group's demise, she had suffered enough.
Elena merely nodded and hugged him again, finding comfort in his arms.
"Let's get you home," Damon said after a moment of silence.
Elena followed Damon out of the Grill and into his car. They drove home in silence, neither of them wanting to bring up the afternoon's events. As soon as they arrived home, Damon led Elena up to his bedroom and sat down beside her on the bed.
"I shouldn't have left you alone," Damon said with an intense look in his eyes.
"You needed to; you had some things to get done. You didn't know that this would happen, please don't feel bad." Elena said. She didn't want Damon to feel guilty about what had happened. He had already felt guilty about what had happened on Saturday.
"Well, at least I can relax knowing that you won't ever have to worry about those bastards again. I left you because I wanted to get you something special, because you deserve it. You deserve this and more after all you've gone through," Damon said as he produced a long, rectangular box containing an antique diamond bracelet.
"Damon…it's beautiful," Elena said as she opened it.
"I had to go search for it where I knew Stefan wouldn't find it. And before you say that you can't have it because it's too much, I want you to know that it was my mother's favorite bracelet and I thought the most important woman in my life should have it," Damon said as he fastened the bracelet on her wrist.
"I love it Damon, thank you" Elena said as she hugged him.
"I love you Elena. You brought meaning back into my life and you are the one who taught me what love truly means. I want you to always remember that you're the most important person in my life," Damon said as he looked into her eyes.
"I love you Damon and I want you to know that you're the most important person in my life too. You were there for me after every tragedy and heartbreak and you taught me how to live and feel again. Thank you for rescuing me from the dark" Elena said as she leaned in and kissed him.
A/N: The end? I'm not sure, depending on your reviews I may decide to continue or not. Thanks for reading! Please review, I procrastinated on homework for this, make me feel a little better about myself! :)