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"I'm so sorry for you're loss."That sentence must have been repeated at least 30 times in the last 10 minutes. Elena sighed, leaning further into Damon. It had been a week since the accident, a week since Jeremy and Elena had technically moved in with Damon, a week since Jeremy, Elena and Damon had become best friends, and only six days since the Gilbert siblings found out Damon is a vampire.

Elena pressed her body as close as possible to Damon, her grip relentless on black shirt. Jeremy was sitting on the bench in front of Damon and Elena. "I want to go home, I can't do this anymore. Damon, please."Elena breathed, burying her face into Damon's neck, finally letting silent tears slide down her face.

"I know, honey. It's almost over."Damon soothingly rubbed her back. He'd never been so protective over one person before, let alone two. He realized that Jeremy and Elena had come to call the Salvatore boarding house home. He didn't mind. In fact, he loved it.

"I'm so sorry for your loss, Gilbert."Matt Donavon, Elena's ex-boyfriend grinned sarcastically. Ever since Elena broke up with him, he'd done anything he could to be a jerk to her. Including being a prick at her parents funeral.

Elena could feel the anger and sadness from Damon. And could hear the protective growl building up in his chest begging to be released. They'd both spoken about feeling the others feelings, only going as far as telling the other they could feel their feelings. They hadn't spoken properly about it yet. She laid a gentle hand on his chest, and murmured quietly enough that no human would have heard her. "Shh. I'm okay, honey."They had been calling each other honey for the last four days. Damon had started it.

"Elena! Open the damn door."Damon shouted, banging his fists on the bathroom door. Elena had locked herself in there 10 minutes ago, and Damon could hear her quiet but heavy sobs from the living room. He'd been trying to get her to open the door for the 10 minutes she'd been in there but was having no luck.

Elena's breath hitched, and she leaned her back against the door. "I don't want to."

"Lena, honey."The word had slipped out, so had the nickname. Damon paused for a second, and could feel the small, genuine smile that erupted on her face as the nickname and the word honey slipped out. "Please open the door."Damon begged slipping down the door.

"OK." The word was whispered, but Damon being the vampire that he is heard it. He quickly stood, hoping she would do as she had said. Elena's hand reached to unlock the door, and as soon as the door swung open, she fell into Damon's arms.

"Lena. Shh. Lena, honey, I've got you."Damon soothed the crying girl in his arms as he slid down the door again, rocking Elena's body close to his.

"Thank you, honey."Elena murmured after 20 minutes of crying. Damon smiled, looked like they had pet names for each other now.

Damon stroked her back and kissed her nose. "You're welcome Lena." Elena kissed his chest, taking his hand and leading him to their bedroom.

"Thank you."Elena spat out, glaring coldly at Matt. Matt shivered in a strange fear and walked away. "Damon, honey. Can we get Jeremy and go home now please?"Elena begged Damon, rubbing circled onto his chest to distract herself. Jeremy had thrown himself into conversation with Alaric Saltzman, Elena's history teacher.

"If you want to Lena. I don't mind, sweetie."Elena nodded, literally pulling Damon to Jeremy. Damon tapped Jeremy lightly on the shoulder, grabbing the younger Gilbert's attention.

Damon smiled lightly at the teen, "Elena wants to go home now. You ready, Jer?"Damon had taken to calling Jeremy Jer, like Elena does sometimes.

Jeremy nodded, saying a quick bye to Elena's history teacher."Sure. Bye Mr Saltzman."Elena clung to Damon, breathing in his unique scent, keeping her tears at bay. Jeremy waved to the history teacher.

Damon lead the teens back to his blue convertible, rubbing circles onto Elena's back as he spoke about random things with Jeremy. Anything to keep his two favorite people distracted.

"What time are you two leaving tomorrow?"Damon asked the teens. The two were leaving sometime tomorrow to spend a few weeks in Seattle with their aunt Jenna.

Elena turned in her seat to face Damon. "12, why?"

"Because I need to stock up on blood, and I need to get you both and Jenna a necklace, watch or something with vervain in it."Damon explained.

Damon had sat the Gilbert teens down and explained everything about being a vampire. Compulsion, Vervain, wood, the speed. Damon hadn't sugar coated it. That, in his opinion would make it worse if they found out that he lied to them. Which is also why Damon told them all about his brother Stefan. How he'd been the good vamp at first, but was now what was called a ripper. He had told Elena, only Elena about Katherine, and how she was his old lover.

"You're not coming?"Elena's breathing had sped up by now. Damon's head whipped around to face her.

"Lena. Elena. Lena, honey. I need you to breath."Damon stopped the car and pulled Elena into his lap. Jeremy looked at his sister worried. He understood that he and Elena had come to rely on Damon, and could understand why Elena reacted like that, and even though Jeremy was upset and scared Damon wouldn't be there, he wouldn't have reacted like that.

"I don't want to leave you. You can't leave me."Elena sobbed against his chest, gripping Damon's black shirt tightly in her hands.

Damon sighed lightly in her ear, "Lena, I'll talk to you everyday, you can take anything of mine with you to aunt Jenna's and I'll pick all of you up at the airport. But what I need to do is important, and if I finish what I need to do early I'll fly up to Seattle. OK?"Damon soothed his Elena. Wait. His Elena? Where the fuck did that come from?

"I guess, but Damon. Damon, I'm scared to leave you."Damon understood this. Ever since he'd rescued the Gilbert teens from Wickery bridge, he'd been terrified to leave them. But this had to be done.

"I know, Lena honey. Take a few of my shirts too help you, the scent should help."Elena nodded, letting Damon wipe her tears away.

"Hey, Elena. Damon."Jeremy questioned smirking. He wanted to help get Elena's mind of Damon leaving them for a week. "Want to hear a joke?"He inquired after the pair answered him.

"Sure."They smiled together. Damon, by now had started the car and they was almost home. Elena had wiped her tears away, trying to forget about the conversation that just took place.

Jeremy grinned, hoping Elena would laugh. "Knock Knock."

Elena giggled quietly, Damon rolled his eyes playfully in the rear-view mirror, and smiled at Jeremy.

"Who's there?"Damon said, Elena still giggling slightly at the childish glow that seemed to surround Damon and Jeremy.

"Imma."Jeremy spoke seriously hoping that the pair would fall for it. Though he was seriously mistaken.

Said pair had already used this joke on each other once. Maybe twice. They're eyes connected and the grinned at each other, answering Jeremy in perfect sync.

"You're a what?"

"Dick."Jeremy chuckled, not realizing what they said. "Wait what?"He asked confused, causing peals of laughter to escape Damon and Elena. Laughs they had tried desperately to keep in.

The rest of the car ride was spent in companionable silence.

Elena rushed out of the Camaro as soon as it stopped. Running into the Salvatore boarding home, and straight into hers and Damon's bed room.

Ever since the accident, Elena had trouble sleeping alone. She continuously had nightmares, and Damon kept them away.

Elena jumped on their bed and buried her head in the thousands of pillows they owned. She listened to Damon and Jeremy talking outside.

"Damon, come play on the xbox with me please?"Jeremy pleaded.

"Nope."Damon popped the P.

"Pretty please."Elena could just tell Jeremy was standing in front of Damon, pouting with his pleading.

"Fine!"Damon groaned playfully. "But I'm going to check on Lena first. Set it up, okay."Damon ruffled his hair before using vamp speed to see Elena.

"Lena, honey."Damon whispered walking into their bedroom, not sure if she'd fallen asleep or not.

Elena was sitting in Damon's shirt and her own sweats on their bed, leaning on the pillows writing in her diary. "Hey, its my demon Damon!"Elena playfully grinned, trying to get her mind of her parents funeral.

"Wow. That new...That's also a good one."Damon laughed, jumping on the bed next to her. Elena giggled, cocking her head to the side smiling sweetly at him.

"Damon, how am I supposed to survive a week without you?"Elena asked after a few minutes of silence, sliding closer to Damon.

Damon sighed, pulling her into his arms, laying back on the bed with her on his chest. "I don't know, Kitten."he moaned, running his fingers through her hair.

"I think you should think of a different nickname for me. Kitten should be reserved for Katherine. Kat..Kitten? Get it?"Elena laughed. Elena didn't have any bitter feelings towards Katherine..why should she? Kat was her Damon's old lover. Not current lover. And the name stirred old sisterly feelings inside of her for some reason.

Elena's good feelings towards Katherine were rubbing off on Damon. "She used to growl like a kitten too. So I guess it suit her hey, my little vamp lover?"

"Thats cute..demon."Elena laughed.

"Vamp lover."Damon chuckled, poking Elena playfully in the ribs.

Elena giggled, slapping Damon's hand away playfully. "Damon."She whined.

"Elena."Damon whined, mocking her. Elena smirked..reaching behind her silently and slyly to grab a pillow.

"what the fuck?"Damon yelled, surprised. Elena had hit him on the forehead with one of their many pillows. Elena laughed manically, jumping of the bed before Damon could retaliate.

"Come on then Demon. Come get you're vamp lover."Elena chuckled, running down the stairs and straight into Jeremy.

"Again? you two are terrible. You should never be left alone."Jeremy laughed, holding his sister, winking at Damon, who was now behind her.

Elena laughed, "Let go of me Jer, Damon's gonna tickle me."Elena tried to get out of her brothers hold, laughing.

"Too late."Damon and Jeremy yelled in unison as they started their tickle attack on Elena.

"No! No! noooo!"Elena squealed, laughing so hard her sides hurt.

Elena pushed her bottom lip out, and fluttered her eyelids, gazing at Damon. "Please stop, Demon."She murmured, trying to do the sexy eye thing he does, yet getting lost in his beautifully blue eyes instead.

"Jer, stop."Damon mumbled, shifting unconsciously closer to Elena.

"hem."Jeremy cleared his throat loudly, purposely. He didn't want Elena and Damon to kiss in front of him. That would be gross.

"Please, refrain from your natural instincts in front of me? M'kay!"Jeremy gave them a thumbs up, trailing back into the living area.

"Uh, I'm going to play on the Xbox with Jeremy, could you go on the internet and find a flight after 12, to get to Alaska?"Damon asked Elena, kissing her cheek quickly, walking past her to stand in the doorway of the living area.

"Yeah sure, have fun!"Elena giggled, running up the stairs, listening to the boys arguing who's who on the game.

"Alaska, Alaska, Alaska."Elena murmured to herself. Using Damon's laptop, she was checking for flights before booking it. She'd run upstairs and cried as quietly as she could into the pillow, hoping to god that Damon wouldn't hear her. Obviously he hadn't otherwise he'd have come upstairs to check on her.

She had to remind herself to breath deeply, remember she could take anything of his she wanted, remember, remember if he could he'd meet them in Seattle. Even if he didn't she'd be coming home. Home to him.

She had rummaged through his belongings, taking shirts to last her the week, a pair of his sweats, his jumper, and his stuffed wolf he bought her the other day.

She made sure she left enough clothes for him, otherwise she would've taken everything humanly possible.

Booking a flight for 12:10pm, she sighed, shutting the laptop down and double checking her bag she got dressed for bed, snuggling into the pillows with her other wolf teddy, and Damon's favorite shirt. Anytime he wasn't in bed with her, she'd have to have something of his, or wear a piece of clothing. They discovered that his scent helped her, helped her calm down, helped her think straight and keep her emotions in check.

She feel asleep that night clutching her wolf, her nose buried in his shirt and their duvet, and her hand clasped tightly in his on her stomach once he'd found his way to bed that night.

Not my best writing so far, but It was begging for me to finish it. I'm editing it slowly, so sorry for any mistakes and stuff.

Hope this is a good chapter, even if it didn't make sense.